BDG News: Kyoto University Researchers Introduce AI-Powered “Buddharoid” to Address Japan’s Aging Clergy

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A weakening of a mechanism that produces a sense of satisfaction after drinking could lead to excessive alcohol consumption, a team of Japanese and other researchers has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/science-health/japan-excessive-drinking-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #alcohol #drinking #health #kyotouniversity
Weakened satisfaction likely to drive excessive drinking, study finds

A weakening of a mechanism that produces a sense of satisfaction after drinking could lead to excessive alcohol consumption, a team of Japanese and other researchers has found.

The Japan Times
Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior launched a memorial website for a chimpanzee known as a "genius " for her cognitive abilities, one month after she died at the age of 49. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/chimpanzee-memorial-website/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kyotouniversity #chimpanzees #animals
Kyoto University center launches memorial website for ‘genius’ chimpanzee

Along with memorial messages, the website is collecting donations to improve the breeding environment for 10 chimpanzees.

The Japan Times

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Equivariant parameter families of spin chains: A discrete MPS formulation

Ken Shiozaki
SciPost Phys. 20, 024 (2026)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.20.1.024

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Conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy eradicated esophageal cancer in about 70% of patients when combined with immunotherapy in a clinical trial, Kyoto University Hospital said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/23/japan/science-health/esophageal-cancer-treatment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #cancer #hospitals #kyotouniversity
Immunotherapy effective against esophageal cancer, study shows

Very few patients developed serious side effects, the hospital said, underlining the safety of such treatment.

The Japan Times

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Hopf exceptional points

Tsuneya Yoshida, Emil J. Bergholtz, Tomáš Bzdušek
SciPost Phys. 20, 001 (2026)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.20.1.001

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