INFORMATION June 7, 2016

ELSI booth at Goldschmidt Yokohama

ELSI will have a booth at the upcoming Goldschmidt Conference in Yokohama (June 26- July 1...

HIGHLIGHTS May 11, 2016

Masashi Aono won the Commendation for Science and Technology Prizes 2016 by MEXT

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) announced the re...

HIGHLIGHTS May 9, 2016

Virus discovered with largest single DNA strand

Researchers have identified a bizarre virus in a volcanic hot spring in Japan. A team of J...

HIGHLIGHTS April 8, 2016

Hunting for a hidden ocean

Studies indicate that reservoirs of water inside Earth's rocky mantle may exist deeper tha...

COLUMN February 9, 2016

Building blocks of life

A prominent new building may help researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute uncover ...