https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/ We provide the latest news from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Science. en © Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:07:00 +0900 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_06/069661.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_06/069661.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:07:00 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_03/069176.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_03/069176.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:18:18 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_03/069086.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_03/069086.html Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:00:27 +0900 Jan 29-30, 2026 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_01/068917.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_01/068917.html Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:15:38 +0900 Earth-Life Science Graduate Course will hold the Master's Thesis Presentations on February 12, 2026. https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_01/068796.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2026_01/068796.html Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:01:20 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_12/068594.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_12/068594.html Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:25:23 +0900 July 31, 2025 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_07/068123.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_07/068123.html Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:23:20 +0900 Date: July 23 (Wed), 2025 from 9:00 AM Venue: Mishima Hall in Ishikawadai building 7 (ELSI-1), Science Tokyo Ookayama campus https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_06/067932.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_06/067932.html Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:51:54 +0900 A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping life’s earliest molecular structures. Their findings suggest that calcium ions can selectively influence how primitive polymers form, shedding light on a long-standing mystery: how life’s molecules came to prefer a single “handedness” (chirality). https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_04/067588.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_04/067588.html Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:14:06 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_03/067303.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_03/067303.html Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:56:52 +0900 Jan 30-31, 2025 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_01/067168.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2025_01/067168.html Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:45:28 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_12/066900.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_12/066900.html Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:23:58 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_12/066880.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_12/066880.html Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:16:21 +0900 July 31, 2024 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_07/066428.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_07/066428.html Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:28:52 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_06/066287.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_06/066287.html Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:05:45 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_06/066279.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_06/066279.html Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:46:45 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_06/066120.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_06/066120.html Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:36:37 +0900 Organic matter on Mars may have been formed due to atmospheric processes rather than have biological origin suggests researchers at Tokyo Tech. Using photolysis experiments and theoretical considerations, researchers demonstrate that the organic matter in sediments is formed from carbon monoxide, which originates from the photodissociation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This process results in organic matter with low amounts of carbon-13 isotope, as observed in sediments from the Gale crater on Mars. https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_05/066005.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_05/066005.html Tue, 14 May 2024 15:11:43 +0900 Three researchers received the 2023 Yoshinori Ohsumi Award for Fundamental Research, financial support from Tokyo Tech for researchers under the age of 40 engaged in fundamental research. The award ceremony was held on January 24, 2024. https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_03/065670.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_03/065670.html Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:31:59 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_02/065614.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_02/065614.html Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:38:07 +0900 Jan 30-31, 2024 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_01/065418.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2024_01/065418.html Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:28:17 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_12/065125.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_12/065125.html Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:20:57 +0900 An international research team led by Project Assistant Professor Satoshi Ohashi of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has conducted high-resolution and multi-wavelength observations of a protoplanetary disk around a relatively young protostar, DG Taurus (DG Tau), using ALMA* to study the structure of the disk and the size and amount of dust, the material for planets. https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_10/064921.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_10/064921.html Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:21:52 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_09/064826.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_09/064826.html Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:42:38 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_07/064609.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_07/064609.html Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:42:50 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_07/064607.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_07/064607.html Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:58:05 +0900 Two new innovative methods describe how to measure the electrical resistivity of liquid iron—such as that found in planetary cores—at extremely high pressures and temperatures. Prior to this, there were no experimental measurements of the electrical resistivity of liquid iron beyond 51 GPa and 2,900 K. These findings will help derive better theoretical models for the puzzling properties of liquid iron. https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_06/064528.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_06/064528.html Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:30:27 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_06/064496.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_06/064496.html Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:39:16 +0900 https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_05/064328.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_05/064328.html Wed, 31 May 2023 16:23:26 +0900 Tokyo Institute of Technology has selected two teams for the 2022 Interdisciplinary Research Support for Scientists Program, which supports research that transcends individual fields. https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_04/064163.html https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eps/eng/news/2023_04/064163.html Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:31:17 +0900