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The official English Twitter account of RIKEN, Japan's flagship institute for natural science research. Our Japanese account is @RIKEN_JP.

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 25

Press release -- AI just beat supercomputers in simulating galaxy evolution! A new model slashes years off processing time without losing accuracy. #Astrophysics #AI #RIKEN #Supercomputers doi.org/10.3847/1538-4… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. AI vs Supercomputers round 1: galaxy simulation goes to AI

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 25

Press release -- Scientists propose a topological quantum battery immune to energy loss. A big step toward the future of nanoscale storage. #QuantumTech #GreenEnergy #RIKEN #Photonics #TopologicalPhysics doi.org/10.1103/PhysRe… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. Advent of the topological quantum battery

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 25

Integrating RIKEN's Fugaku and IBM Quantum System Two. #quantumcomputing #hpc riken.jp/en/news_pubs/n…

riken_en's tweet card. Commemorative ceremony for the launch of RIKEN Fugaku - IBM Quantum System Two integration

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 11

Electron in, electron out, exciton! #stm #terahertz #riken @RIKEN_PRI @YousooKim2 doi.org/10.1126/scienc… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. RIKEN researchers have realized ultrafast on-demand formation of an exciton in a single molecule by using tailored terahertz pulses.

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 11

Read about what RIKEN R-CCS has been up to! @RIKEN_RCCS #riken #supercomputers @scahpcasia2026 itaintmagic.riken.jp/news/winter-ha…

riken_en's tweet card. Find out what RIKEN R-CCS has been up to!

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 10

Press release -- RIKEN iTHEMS using AI to predict galaxy evolution over 200 million years #ai #milkyway #galaxy #supercomputer @khirashimaAstro follow link to press release doi.org/10.3847/1538-4… itaintmagic.riken.jp/hot-off-the-pr…

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 8

Leo Speidel, a Unit Leader in the RIKEN Early Career Leaders (ECL) Program, shares his insights on RIKEN's research environment, the strengths of the ECL program, daily life in Japan, and more. @leo_speidel youtu.be/3MbD3i4Vo4M

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 1

Call for participants! Registration for the 2025 RIKEN International HPC Online Summer School is now open! Graduate students or early-career researchers interest may apply. Deadline: July 16, 5:00 PM JST Details: x.gd/QL2dS x.gd/0YMjm

riken_en's tweet image. Call for participants!
Registration for the 2025 RIKEN International HPC Online Summer School is now open! Graduate students or early-career researchers interest may apply.
Deadline: July 16, 5:00 PM JST
Details: x.gd/QL2dS x.gd/0YMjm

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jul 1

Call for participants! The 2025 RIKEN International HPC Online Summer School is looking for graduate students and early-career researchers to join. Registration is first-come, first-served. Deadline: July 16, 5:00 PM Details: x.gd/QL2dS x.gd/0YMjm

riken_en's tweet card. RIKEN R-CCS is Japan's premier research center in HPC and the home of the supercomputer Fugaku. RIKEN International HPC Summer School 2025- Toward Society 5.0 - (Sep. 16,17,29,30, Oct. 1, 2025,...

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 26

Toyoyuki Takada: Mouse data librarian. #bioresources #riken @RIKEN_BRC_en riken.jp/en/about/peopl…

riken_en's tweet card. Toyoyuki Takada’s day-to-day involves documenting genomic material selected from more than 9,000 strains of mice, including models of human diseases ranging from dementia to diabetes.

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 25

Masatomo Kobayashi, curator of experimental plants. #plantscience #riken #bioresources @RIKEN_BRC_en riken.jp/en/about/peopl…

riken_en's tweet card. Masatomo Kobayashi of RIKEN BioResource Research Center focuses on providing high-quality research models.

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 24

How a fruit fly simplifies information. #neuroscience #riken @kenyoshida20 @RIKEN_CBS doi.org/10.1126/sciadv… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. RIKEN researchers have developed a biological model for nonlinear dimensionality reduction inspired by t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE).

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 23

The "Expanding the Computing Frontiers through Fugaku and Quantum Computers" Symposium will be held online on June 24. We look forward to your participation!　#RIKEN #R-CCS #supercomputer #quantumcomputer youtube.com/live/dpwTgevPT…

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 23

Spontaneous symmetry breaking? Not so fast! #scanningtunnelingmicroscopy #stm @thanaguri #riken doi.org/10.1103/PhysRe… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. RIKEN researchers have found that valley polarization of Landau levels in the ZrSiS surface band is driven by residual strain, not spontaneous symmetry breaking.

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 20

A better understanding of the #placeboeffect. #neuroscience #riken @RIKEN_IMS doi.org/10.1126/sciadv… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. RIKEN researchers have induced placebo analgesia in rodents and found that endogenous opioids activate the descending pain inhibitory system.

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 11

Press Release -- New research shows how brain circuitry produces inferred emotions, allowing a better understanding of anxiety. #Emotions #BrainScience #RIKEN #MentalHealth @RIKEN_CBS @JoJoLab5 doi.org/10.1038/s41586… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. How the brain allows us to infer emotions

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 10

A series of interviews shedding light on challenges and best practices in the project Envisioning Futures. The seventh story features Dr. Emiko Hiyama from #RIKEN RNC. #oralhistory #labmanagement #diversity youtu.be/19WW_vHRYLw?si…

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RIKEN BDR@BDR_RIKEN · Jun 9

RIKEN BDR Lab for Developmental Dynamics (@sonamix) is hosting the @GloBIAS Bioimage Analysis Conference to be held in Kobe, Japan, Oct 26-31, 2025. Training school, #Hackathon & #Taggathon are also being organized! Registration deadline: Jun 15, 2025 👇 globias.org/activities/bio…

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 9

Press Release -- Gut bacteria help fight obesity. A new study from @RIKEN_IMS shows that acetate + Bacteroides bacteria = less fat & better metabolism in mice. #GutHealth #ObesityResearch #Microbiome #WeightLoss #RIKEN doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

riken_en's tweet card. Gut bacteria and acetate, a great combination for weight loss

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RIKEN@riken_en · Jun 6

RIKEN's new ocean-degradable plastic is in the news again! #RIKEN #EcoFriendly #GreenTech #Bioplastics reuters.com/sustainability…

riken_en's tweet card. Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

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