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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

OSAKA, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university. (Kyodo)

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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university.

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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university.

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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university.

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US: Time-Lapse Shows Heavy Snow Blanketing Ohio State University’s South Oval

Time-lapse footage shows snow accumulating over a 24-hour period on Sunday, January 25, at the South Oval on the Ohio State University campus. A major winter storm swept across the U.S., bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. The storm has caused seven deaths and massive power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

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US: Columbia University Marks Hanukkah After Sydney Attack

Thousands of people gathered across New York City, including Columbia University, on Sunday night, December 14, to mark the first night of Hanukkah. Jews from around the city danced, sang, and huddled against the cold at menorah lightings, while mourning those killed in the terror shooting that targeted a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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Robot Chemist - China

Robot Xiaolai performs an experiment at the state key laboratory of precision and intelligent chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, November 24, 2025. Traditional chemical research has long relied on continuous trial and error by scientists. With the development of artificial intelligence and robotic automation technologies, it has become possible to design experiments and issue instructions through intelligent platforms, using robots to replace human labor in experiential operations, which enhances experimental efficiency and precision. In 2021, after eight years of dedicated effort by a research team from USTC, Xiaolai, the first-generation "robot chemist," was successfully developed. After several years of iterations, the second-generation dual-armed humanoid robot Xiaolin has been put into operation, capable of performing more complex tasks. It has evolved from a substitute of human labor to a "research partner." According to Zhu Zhuoy

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Robot Chemist - China

Robot Xiaolin is pictured at the state key laboratory of precision and intelligent chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, November 24, 2025. Traditional chemical research has long relied on continuous trial and error by scientists. With the development of artificial intelligence and robotic automation technologies, it has become possible to design experiments and issue instructions through intelligent platforms, using robots to replace human labor in experiential operations, which enhances experimental efficiency and precision. In 2021, after eight years of dedicated effort by a research team from USTC, Xiaolai, the first-generation "robot chemist," was successfully developed. After several years of iterations, the second-generation dual-armed humanoid robot Xiaolin has been put into operation, capable of performing more complex tasks. It has evolved from a substitute of human labor to a "research partner." According to Zhu Zhuoying, a prof

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Robot Chemist - China

Robot Xiaolin is pictured at the state key laboratory of precision and intelligent chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, November 24, 2025. Traditional chemical research has long relied on continuous trial and error by scientists. With the development of artificial intelligence and robotic automation technologies, it has become possible to design experiments and issue instructions through intelligent platforms, using robots to replace human labor in experiential operations, which enhances experimental efficiency and precision. In 2021, after eight years of dedicated effort by a research team from USTC, Xiaolai, the first-generation "robot chemist," was successfully developed. After several years of iterations, the second-generation dual-armed humanoid robot Xiaolin has been put into operation, capable of performing more complex tasks. It has evolved from a substitute of human labor to a "research partner." According to Zhu Zhuoying, a prof

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Robot Chemist - China

Robot Xiaolai performs an experiment at the state key laboratory of precision and intelligent chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, November 24, 2025. Traditional chemical research has long relied on continuous trial and error by scientists. With the development of artificial intelligence and robotic automation technologies, it has become possible to design experiments and issue instructions through intelligent platforms, using robots to replace human labor in experiential operations, which enhances experimental efficiency and precision. In 2021, after eight years of dedicated effort by a research team from USTC, Xiaolai, the first-generation "robot chemist," was successfully developed. After several years of iterations, the second-generation dual-armed humanoid robot Xiaolin has been put into operation, capable of performing more complex tasks. It has evolved from a substitute of human labor to a "research partner." According to Zhu Zhuoy

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Robot Chemist - China

Robot Xiaolai performs an experiment at the state key laboratory of precision and intelligent chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, November 24, 2025. Traditional chemical research has long relied on continuous trial and error by scientists. With the development of artificial intelligence and robotic automation technologies, it has become possible to design experiments and issue instructions through intelligent platforms, using robots to replace human labor in experiential operations, which enhances experimental efficiency and precision. In 2021, after eight years of dedicated effort by a research team from USTC, Xiaolai, the first-generation "robot chemist," was successfully developed. After several years of iterations, the second-generation dual-armed humanoid robot Xiaolin has been put into operation, capable of performing more complex tasks. It has evolved from a substitute of human labor to a "research partner." According to Zhu Zhuoy

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Robot Chemist - China

Professor Zhu Zhuoying (R) and doctoral student Guo Lulu have a discussion in front of Robot Xiaolin at the state key laboratory of precision and intelligent chemistry of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, November 24, 2025. Traditional chemical research has long relied on continuous trial and error by scientists. With the development of artificial intelligence and robotic automation technologies, it has become possible to design experiments and issue instructions through intelligent platforms, using robots to replace human labor in experiential operations, which enhances experimental efficiency and precision. In 2021, after eight years of dedicated effort by a research team from USTC, Xiaolai, the first-generation "robot chemist," was successfully developed. After several years of iterations, the second-generation dual-armed humanoid robot Xiaolin has been put into operation, capable of performing more complex tasks. It has evolved from a substitut

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Edouard Geffray At No Harassment Awards - Paris

Edouard Geffray, Director General of School Education, French Education and Youth Minister Pap Ndiaye, First Lady Brigitte Macron and French Rector of the Academy of Paris Christophe Kerrero (from R to L) attending 2023 No Harassment Awards Ceremony at La Sorbonne University, in Paris on May 24, 2023. Photo by Jeremy Paoloni/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Edouard Geffray At No Harassment Awards - Paris

Edouard Geffray, Director General of School Education, French Education and Youth Minister Pap Ndiaye, First Lady Brigitte Macron and French Rector of the Academy of Paris Christophe Kerrero during the 2023 No Harassment Awards Ceremony at La Sorbonne University, in Paris on May 24, 2023. Photo by Jeremy Paoloni/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Mischievous Dog Snatches Hat and Shoe During Military Training in Xi’an

On September 15, 2025, in Xi’an, Shaanxi, a mischievous dog disrupted Chinese university students’ military training, first snatching a hat and then a shoe, much to the amusement of the trainees.

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

Residents walk with hoses on their backs on August 14, 2025, in Villamontán de la Valduerna, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer died, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

Burned areas after the forest fire on August 14, 2025, in Villamontán de la Valduerna, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid, died today. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

A group of people during the funeral of firefighting volunteer Abel Ramos at the church of Santa María on August 14, 2025, in La Bañeza, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid, died today. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

Burned buildings after the forest fire on August 14, 2025, in Villamontán de la Valduerna, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid, died today. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

Burned buildings after the forest fire on August 14, 2025, in Villamontán de la Valduerna, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid, died today. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

A helicopter bomber flies over the village on August 14, 2025, in Villamontán de la Valduerna, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid, died today. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

Forest firefighting teams on August 14, 2025, in Villamontán de la Valduerna, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer died, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the University Hospital Río Hortega in Valladolid. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Burn Victim Dies from Leon Fires - Spain

A group of people during the funeral of firefighting volunteer Abel Ramos at the church of Santa María on August 14, 2025, in La Bañeza, León, Castilla y León (Spain). Today a second volunteer, Jaime Aparicio, one of the seven injured who remained hospitalized with 85% of his body burned and in critical condition at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid, died today. He is a 37 year old young man who accompanied the first deceased, Abel Ramos, last Tuesday when they were trying to help in the south of Leon to extinguish the fire that came to the area from the Zamorano municipality of Molezuelas. Photo by Fernando Otero/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, the contestants placed the robot at the beginning of the competition in the first-person perspective confrontation in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, the contestants remotely commanded the robot with their backs to the competition venue in the first-person perspective confrontation in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely directed robots to attack at the right moment in the first-person perspective confrontation in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC

In the 24th National University Students' Robot Competition ROBOTAC, contestants remotely commanded robots in a fierce confrontation in the first-person perspective competition in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on June 24, 2025.

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Kyoto University's Kashiwara wins 2025 Abel Prize

Masaki Kashiwara, professor emeritus at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, makes a speech at the University of Oslo in Norway, on May 21, 2025, a day after attending the 2025 Abel Prize ceremony. Kashiwara became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize for mathematics."

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Kyoto University's Kashiwara wins 2025 Abel Prize

Masaki Kashiwara, professor emeritus at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, meets the press after the 2025 Abel Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on May 20, 2025. Kashiwara, 78, became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize for mathematics."

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Kyoto University's Kashiwara wins 2025 Abel Prize

Masaki Kashiwara (L), professor emeritus at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, poses for a photo with Norway's King Harald V at the 2025 Abel Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on May 20, 2025. Kashiwara, 78, became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize for mathematics."

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Kyoto University's Kashiwara wins 2025 Abel Prize

Masaki Kashiwara, professor emeritus at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, poses for a photo at the 2025 Abel Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on May 20, 2025. Kashiwara, 78, became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize for mathematics."

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Kyoto University's Kashiwara wins 2025 Abel Prize

Masaki Kashiwara (L), professor emeritus at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, receives a plaque from Norway's King Harald V at the 2025 Abel Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on May 20, 2025. Kashiwara, 78, became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize for mathematics."

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Kyoto University's Kashiwara wins 2025 Abel Prize

Masaki Kashiwara, professor emeritus at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, makes a speech during the 2025 Abel Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on May 20, 2025. Kashiwara, 78, became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize for mathematics."

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CALCIO - Calcio a 5 - UEFA Futsal Euro 26 - Belarus vs Italy

Italy's Gabriel Motta celebrating with Italy's Carmelo Musumeci after scoring his team's first goalduring the 2026 UEFA Futsal Championship - Main Round - Group 2 match between Belarus and Italy at the Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall in Gzira, Malta on April 11, 2025 during UEFA Futsal Euro 26 - Belarus vs Italy, Italian football Futsal 5 match in Gzira, Malta, April 11 2025

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CALCIO - Calcio a 5 - UEFA Futsal Euro 26 - Belarus vs Italy

Italy's Gabriel Motta celebrating after scoring his team's first goal during the 2026 UEFA Futsal Championship - Main Round - Group 2 match between Belarus and Italy at the Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall in Gzira, Malta on April 11, 2025 during UEFA Futsal Euro 26 - Belarus vs Italy, Italian football Futsal 5 match in Gzira, Malta, April 11 2025

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CALCIO - Calcio a 5 - UEFA Futsal Euro 26 - Belarus vs Italy

The Italian team celebrating after scoring their team's first goal during the 2026 UEFA Futsal Championship - Main Round - Group 2 match between Belarus and Italy at the Tal-Qroqq University Sports Hall in Gzira, Malta on April 11, 2025 during UEFA Futsal Euro 26 - Belarus vs Italy, Italian football Futsal 5 match in Gzira, Malta, April 11 2025

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University of Tokyo's new academic program

University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii (L) holds a press conference on April 4, 2025, at the university to announce the establishment of a new academic program, UTokyo College of Design, in September 2027, marking the first time in about 70 years that Japan's top academic institution will have launched a new faculty. The five-year bachelor's and master's program, led by Prof. Miles Pennington (R), prospective dean, will be conducted only in English, with half of enrollment quota of 100 allocated to foreign students.

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Spring flowers in January

30.01.2025, Tartu. The first flowers bloom in the Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Spring flowers in January

30.01.2025, Tartu. The first flowers bloom in the Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees