Ikuhiko Nakase, Shiho Tokonami, Takuya Iida and colleagues Osaka Metropolitan University are our Nanoscale Horizons Outstanding Article winner for their work on ultrafast sensitivity-controlled and specific detection of extracellular vesicles using optical force! 🔬👇
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For the first time since 1914, a new species of the Japanese lily known as sukashiyuri has been identified. Osaka Metropolitan University

#Flowers #Evolution #Genetics
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A new Japanese #lily species has been identified, after more than a hundred years.😍 Named Lilium pacificum, it grows on coastal areas facing the Pacific Ocean and is differentiated by the claw-like tips of its leaves.🌼

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Osaka Metropolitan University #genetics #botany

Thailand’s Mahidol University sent a 26-member delegation to the Sugimoto Campus to meet President Tatsumisago, Law School Professor Nagai and others for talks on enhancing ties. The delegation had a keen interest in law and criminology.
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A delegation mainly of universities in Germany interested in OMU’s engineering fields, such as alternative energy, sustainability, materials science, and optical engineering, visited the Nakamozu Campus to hold talks with our professors.
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An OMU-led research team is aiming to get rid of a type of bacteria native to human skin that is connected to body odors in the armpit. The team is using a targeting technique derived from comprehensive genome analysis.
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The latest video in OMU’s all-English Lecture Series features Professor Takeaki Ishizawa, a specialist in surgery of the liver and nearby organs at the Graduate School of Medicine. (Please be advised that images from operations are in the video.)
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Watching over and waiting on preschoolers is a hallmark of Japanese early childhood education and care. Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences Professor Yosuke Hirota looks into where this mimamoru approach comes from.
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Research Center for Urban Health and Sports (RCUHS) researchers have visited Thammasat University in Thailand for international exchange.
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To pass or not to pass, that is the question faced by soccer players in every match. It’s not only about better playmaking. The brain’s ability to determine not to pass also plays an important role, according to an OMU-led research team.
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President Masahiro Tatsumisago welcomed a delegation from Slovenia on April 8, 2024, warmly receiving the rectors of the University of Ljubljana and the University of Nova Gorica at the Sugimoto Campus.
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Aiming to shorten fracture recovery times, an Osaka Metropolitan University-led research group is focusing on plasma irradiation as a treatment method to speed up bone healing, targeting those broken bones that have difficulty coming together.
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Battery breakthrough could eliminate range anxiety for electric vehicles
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OMU’s all-English video lecture series shows our commitment to sharing knowledge with the world. In this lecture, Professor Toshihiro Fujii takes us to the realm of cosmic rays and his discovery of the Amaterasu particle.
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OMU’s all-English video lecture series shows our commitment to sharing knowledge with the world. In this lecture, Professor Miho Fukuda takes us to an architectural past that remains present in future-oriented Osaka.
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A key process that can lead to the practical use of all-solid-state sodium batteries, thought to be safer than lithium-ion batteries and less expensive, has been developed by OMU researchers.
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Our 3rd Entrance Ceremony as OMU was a success! Held April 4, the ceremony was a beautiful blend of tradition and excitement. A special thanks to Osaka Governor Yoshimura & Osaka Mayor Yokoyama for their inspiring speeches. We wish all our new students a bright future✨

A handheld device that can simultaneously detect multiple disease-causing bacterial species within one hour has been developed by an OMU research team!
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Congratulations to the over 4,000 students at OMU who received degrees at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year! Read about and view photos from the recently concluded Spring Graduation and Degree Conferral Ceremony🌸
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Seeking to make laser treatment of skin blemishes more effective with fewer complications, OMU scientists have developed an index for picosecond lasers that is expected to help in clinical practice.
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