• The RIKEN Podcast

    December 2008

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        Gene for making sex cells

        RIKEN researchers have identified a gene with a crucial role in the production of mammalian eggs and sperm.

      • 6:49

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        Wave-bending metamaterials

        The unusual properties of man-made metamaterials could provide a new way of generating infrared radiation.

      • 12.08

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        Making use of muons

        We visit a RIKEN facility in the UK to see how researchers are using beams of muons for all kinds of experiments.

  • Archive

    • November 2008:

      This month, a new kind of microscope that could bring colour to the nanoworld and the latest research from RIKEN's Plant Science Centre: we find out how masses of new data on protein phosphorylation could help improve plant immunity, and why bigger is often better when it comes to cell size in plants.

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About the RIKEN Podcast

The RIKEN Podcast highlights some of the best research published by RIKEN, one of Japan’s leading research organizations. Join us each month as we talk to RIKEN researchers and their collaborators around the world about their most interesting recent work. There is something for all in the RIKEN Podcast which spans physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and medical science.

The RIKEN Podcast is sponsored by Shimadzu (shimadzu.com)

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Meet the Presenter

As presenter of the RIKEN Podcast, Charlotte combines two of her greatest loves: science and Japan. She joined Nature in 2007 after a brief stint with BBC Radio and upon completing an MSc in Science Communication at Imperial College London. Before that, she studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, taking courses in everything from physiology and ecology to the history and philosophy of science. She also squeezed in two years teaching English and learning Japanese on the island of Kyushu in south-west Japan. As well as presenting the RIKEN Podcast, Charlotte reports for the weekly Nature show and produces other podcasts and videos for nature.com.

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