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The Wajima Station of the “Noto Atmospheric Observation Super Site,” an international atmospheric observation hub, has recovered from the torrential rains on the Noto Peninsula and held an opening ceremony.

登録日：2026-7-9

Hosting an Entrepreneurship Education Event for Elementary and Middle School Students to Cultivate Future Talent Using Generative AI and VR

登録日：2026-7-9

ZATSUDAN NO CHIKARA: “The Reality of Work that Moves the Nation” Held

On June 18, the Frontier Science and Social Co-creation Initiative held the “ZATSUDAN NO CHIKARA” (*2) event, titled “The Reality of Work That Moves a Nation,” at the Kakuma Campus as part of Project: AERU (*1). Twenty-four students and faculty members from the Kanazawa University participated. This time, the general public […]

登録日：2026-7-9

Kanazawa University’s Initiatives Featured in the MEXT Teaching Management Casebook

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology In the “Compendium of Educational Management Initiatives,” Kanazawa University ’s educational management initiatives were featured as one of 11 universities selected from across the country. “Under the leadership of President, the university has implemented fundamental educational reforms and digital transformation (DX) of its educational and learning environments […]”

登録日：2026-7-8

Elucidation of Crystal-Face-Selective Reaction Mechanisms in Photoelectrodes—Hopes for Establishing Rational Design Guidelines for Photoelectrodes—

[Key Findings of This Study] Using a scanning electrochemical cell microscope (SECCM) (Note 1), which enables localized electrochemical measurements at the submicroscale, we have successfully visualized the crystal-face-selective photooxidation reaction activity within BiVO₄ microparticles. In a photoelectrode system, photooxidation […]

登録日：2026-7-8

Radical, but Selective: Cleaving Strong Bonds While Preserving Weak Ones

登録日：2026-7-8

Elucidating the Mechanism of Molecular Inversion in Response to Ions by Utilizing Slow Molecular Motion

登録日：2026-7-7

Selected for the “Public-Private Partnership Program to Support the Discovery of Young Researchers / Contract Department Model” Kanazawa University × Daicel Accelerates Implementation of Biomass Value Chain

登録日：2026-7-7

Kanazawa University On July 13, the Affiliated High School will host a “High School Lecture” featuring a talk by a current Ministry of Foreign Affairs official

登録日：2026-7-7

Elucidating the Mechanism of Immunoregulatory Protein Oligomerization
—Protein Aggregation Acts as a Signal—

Kanazawa University Nano Life Science Institute A research group led by Hiroki Konno Associate Professor and Tetsuyuki Furudera Professor at (WPI-NanoLSI), in collaboration with Gojin Toshio Professor and colleagues at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, has discovered that the innate immune protein MyD88 (*1) forms […] during signal transduction.

登録日：2026-7-6

Reconstructing Atmospheric Nitrate Levels from the Industrial era to the Present Day Using Arctic Ice Cores- Study reveals how anthropogenic NOx emissions and how nitrate forms in the atmosphere control Arctic nitrate burden  -

Yoshinori Iizuka Associate Professor and Sumito Matoba Assistant Professor of the Institute of Low-Temperature Science, Hokkaido University; and Sakiko Ishino Assistant Professor, Shohei Hattori Associate Professor of Nanjing University in China, and Koji Fujita Professor of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies at Nagoya University, among others, have discovered that the ice core (*1) from Greenland records […]

登録日：2026-7-6

Kanazawa University Information Session Held on Job-Based Research Internships Related to URA

On June 8, the Frontier Science and Social Co-creation Initiative (FSSI) and the Educational and Student Affairs Department Career Support Division held a “Job-Based Research Internship Information Session” regarding the Research Administrator (URA) position at Kanazawa University, attended by students from Kanazawa University—primarily those in doctoral (postdoctoral) programs […]

登録日：2026-7-6

Modeling atomistic biomolecular dynamics from HS-AFM imaging

—-Kanazawa University Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) Holger Fleksig Associate Professor, Nagoya University’s Institute for Transformative Molecular Biology (WPI-ITbM)/Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University/RIKEN Computational Science Division […]

登録日：2026-7-3

Experiencing Machine Tools and Programming: “Maker Workshop” Held for Elementary and Middle School Students

登録日：2026-7-3

Kanazawa University Awarded the 2025 GakuNin RDM User of the Year Award

Kanazawa University has received the “2025 GakuNin RDM User of the Year” award. This award is presented by the Research Data Infrastructure Steering Committee of the National Institute of Informatics (NII) to institutions that have achieved outstanding results in utilizing GakuNin RDM (*1), a platform for the proper management and sharing […]

登録日：2026-7-2

Clarifying How Abnormal Fetal Cell Differentiation Induces Autism-like Behaviors — Toward Understanding the Mechanisms of Autism Onset and Developing New Therapeutic Strategies —

Kanazawa University Institute for Frontier Science Initiative / A research team led by Masaaki Nishiyama (Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine), Professor; postdoctoral researcher Kenta Nitawara (at the time of the research; currently a postdoctoral researcher at Kyushu University); and Atsuo Kawamura (Assistant Professor; at the time of the research; currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley) […]

登録日：2026-7-2

Awarded the 2025 GakuNin RDM User of the Year Award; Recognized for Developing a System to Safely and Promptly Apply Research Data to Society

登録日：2026-7-2

Kutani Ware Chopstick Rests Created through Collaboration between the Affiliated School for Special Needs Education and the Affiliated Junior High School Donated to Kanazawa University

On June 8, Kanazawa University Affiliated School for Special Needs Education two high school students and Affiliated Junior High School four students from the same school visited Kanazawa University the Kakuma Campus Akiharu Morimoto Trustee and donated chopstick rests they had created as part of their coursework. Kanazawa University At the Affiliated Schools, Affiliated School for Special Needs Education took the lead in […]

登録日：2026-7-1

How dopamine modulates brain circuits of motivation in a behavioral addiction model

—- A research group led by Naoya Nishitani (Kanazawa University), Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assistant Professor, and Katsuyuki Kaneda (Professor) has succeeded in elucidating the neural basis that drives motivation for specific behaviors. The “motivation” to seek rewards is a behavioral principle common to all living organisms, but […]

登録日：2026-6-30

The road to a PhD continues from the "fun" of teenagers

As a HaKaSe+ (Hakase Plus) selected student, Haruka Murata—a first-year doctoral student (at the time of the interview) at Graduate School of Medical Sciences Division of Pharmacy—has pursued her research while also experiencing student marriage. She discusses the appeal of doctoral studies, the rewards of research, and balancing her research with her personal life […]

登録日：2026-6-30