Scientific activities driven by citizens who are not specialists in the field are traditionally
called “citizen science” contrary to conventional science, which is limited to professional …

Japanese common newts (Cynops pyrrhogaster) have high ability to regenerate their injured
organs including neural tissues, for example, the neural retina belonging to central nervous …

Information and communication technology (ICT) has been changing infrastructures of scientific
information, discussion, and collaboration style. In this new trend so-called open science…

Academic crowdfunding, one of the concepts of open science, is a funding system in which
a research candidate proposes a project online and asks for financial support from other …

Some trial events such as "Science Cafés" have been established to promote scientific and
technological (S&T) literacy. However, these trials likely gather only highly motivated citizens. …

Universities and research institutions have recently been preparing for open science. Open
science includes various concepts such as open data and open access. Scientific activities …

The females of some catarrhines develop conspicuous sexual skin transformations in their
hind limbs. Among macaques (one of the radiated and adapted catarrhine groups with …

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tissues. Howcvcr. thc niulccular mechanism of tumscriptieilintregulution is still elusive. We …

Three sounding rockets were launched in 1984 from Syowa Station in Antarctica into different
types of aurora, designated as AURORA I (an active auroral arc at the substorm expansion …

A high-sensitive VLF wave observation has been carried out using the stratospheric balloon
(B15-4N) launched from Esrange in Sweden on December 9, 1982. The VLF receiving …