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- Oct. 18, 2024
- Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher (EGP24-016)
- Sep. 27, 2024
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Dr. Hanaya Okuda awarded “The Geological Society of Japan Sakuyama Masanori Award”.
- Jun. 18, 2024
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Dr. Hanaya Okuda awarded “The Clay Science Society of Japan (CSSJ) young researcher's award”.
- Oct. 26, 2023
- Recruitment of Researcher, Researcher (II) or Postdoctoral Researcher (EKM23-021)
- Oct. 13, 2023
- Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher (EGP23-019)
- Aug. 22, 2023
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Discovery of fluid conduits that extend from the plate boundary fault hosting slow earthquakes to the seafloor
―Successful imaging of the upper-plate fracture zones formed by a subducting ridge―
- Aug. 18, 2023
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Obituary: Prof. Judith A. McKenzie, former advisor at the Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, passed away
- Jul. 24, 2023
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UNESCO evaluators visited our facility for a revalidation of the Muroto UNESCO Global Geopark.
- Jan. 31, 2023
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The surface roughness of bacteria affects the attachment of marine nanoparticles to bacteria- Contribution to a detailed understanding of bacterial nutrient acquisition strategies and biogeochemical cycles in the ocean -
- Jan. 20, 2023
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Water modified ancient asteroid- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature Astronomy -
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/press_release/
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How was the solar system formed? The Ryugu asteroid is helping us learn- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature Astronomy -
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/press_release/
- Dec. 19, 2022
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How “killer” asteroids saved planet Earth
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature Astronomy -
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/press_release/
- Nov. 28, 2022
- Dr. Naotaka Tomioka elected as a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).
- Sep. 06, 2022
- Recruitment of Researcher (Ⅱ) or Postdoctoral Researcher (EKM22-013)
- Oct. 11, 2021
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Preliminary Report on a Chikyu Drilling Program Offshore of Shikoku: Success in Collecting Continuous Strata to Understand Fluctuations in the Super-interglacial Kuroshio Current and the Generative Mechanisms of Turbidites
- Jun. 30, 2021
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Returned Asteroid samples imaged at ultra-high-resolution by the Phase 2 Curation “Team Kochi” at SPring-8: One of the world’s most powerful Synchrotron Radiation Facilities
- Jun. 17, 2021
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High Fluid-Pressure Patches around the Source Regions of Slow Earthquakes along the Nankai Trough
–A step forward to understand the generation mechanisms of slow earthquakes–
- Apr. 27, 2021
- Recruitment of Researcher (Ⅱ)
- Jan. 28, 2021
- The recent research paper of Dr. Yuki Morono has been selected as an Editors' Highlights of Nature Communications.
- Jan. 22, 2021
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Poirierite, a New Mineral Discovered in Meteorites:
A Major Key toward Uncovering the Asteroid Collision Process and the deep Earth’s Dynamics
- Dec. 4, 2020
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Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone
- Oct. 20, 2020
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Microbial diversity below seafloor is as rich as on Earth’s surface
- Oct. 15, 2020
- Recruitment of Researcher (Ⅱ)
- Oct. 14, 2020
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Contribution of microbial activity during the initial formation of seafloor hydrothermal deposits
―Possibilities for rewriting models of subseafloor mineralization―
- Sep. 17, 2020
- FY2021 Recruitment of Principal Researcher
- Apr. 13, 2020
- Response to prevention of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Sep. 5, 2019
- Core samples from the Nankai Trough mega-earthquake zone have arrived at KCC! （2019/9/4）
- Jul. 26, 2019
- The students from Jr. High School Attached to the School of Education, Okayama University visited the KOCHI. (2019/07/24)
- Jul. 26, 2019
- We exhibited a booth at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (07/07/2019 – 12/07/2019)
- Aug. 29, 2018
- Dr. Shigeyuki Wakaki awarded “The Geochemical Journal Award 2018” at Goldschmidt 2018
- Jul. 11, 2018
- FY2019 [Geomicrobiology Group] Recruitment of a Scientist or Technical Scientist
- Mar. 2, 2018
- Joint research team awarded PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
- Feb. 14, 2018
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Newly Developed Method for Rock Strength Finds
Increased Strength above Mega-trust in Nankai Trough
- July. 21, 2017
- Unusual Microbial Community Found in Extreme Environments in the Deep Subsurface
- Serpentinization-fed spring may be a clue to unlock mystery of early life on Earth -
- May. 16, 2017
- Quartz Melting Point Depresses on Fault Plane
- A big step in understanding large earthquake mechanism -
- Jan. 23, 2017
- Movie of IODP “T-Limit” (CHIKYU) is Available Now
- Dec. 8, 2016
- Analysis of T-Limit is ongoing. Here is a picture of microbes taken with an electron microscope.
- Dec. 7, 2016
- International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 366
- Mariana Convergent Margin & South Chamorro Seamount -
- Nov. 24, 2016
- T-Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto: all operation completed
- Oct. 7, 2016
- Analyses of T-Limit have started
- Oct. 3, 2016
- We connected a live video chat with Japan booth and "CHIKYU" at the New Scientist Live (23/09/2016)
- Oct. 3, 2016
- We exhibited a booth at the 123rd JGS (the Geological Society of Japan) (10/09/2016 – 12/09/2016)
- Aug. 25, 2016
- The staffs of Kochi prefecture and Kochi city visited the KOCHI. (2016/08/03)
- Aug. 25, 2016
- The students from Jr. High School Attached to the School of Education, Okayama University visited the KOCHI. (2016/07/21)
- Jun. 26, 2016
- We performed a special lesson at the Kochi Nishi Senior High School. (2016/07/14-2016/07/15)
- Jul. 7, 2016
- We exhibited a booth at the 26th Goldschmidt Conference (26/06/2016 – 30/06/2016)
- Jun. 10, 2016
- The 26th Goldschmidt Conference (26/06/2016 – 01/07/2016)
- Jun. 03, 2016
- FY2016 [Science Service Group] Recruitment of Project Technical Support Staff
- Apr. 21, 2016
- IODP Exp.370 T-Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto website opened
- Jul. 27, 2015
- Dr. Fumio Inagaki awarded “The Taira Prize” by AGU
- Jul. 24, 2015
- Exploring the limits of life in the deep biosphere
- Mar. 17, 2015
- Discovery of Oxygen and Aerobic Microbial Life in Ultra-oligotrophic Deep-sea Sediments
-New paradigm for Earth’s element cycles and the biosphere-
- Oct. 08, 2013
- Causal Mechanisms of Large Slip during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011 Revealed through Hydraulic Analysis of Fault-Drilling Samples from the Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu
