Shimane University Article List

Ehime University and others discover that traces of human influence have increased sharply in geological strata around the world since around 1952

 A collaborative research group led by Professor Kasane Senobu of Ehime University has examined geological records from around the world for traces of human influence and found that around 1952 […]

Shimane University to reduce its School of Science and Engineering from 7 departments to 1 department with 3 fields (currently under construction) from April 2025

 Shimane University is preparing to reorganize its Faculty of Science and Engineering from the current seven departments to one department of Science and Engineering.

Why boiled shellfish soup turns white and cloudy Shimane University discovers causative agent

 When clams are boiled, the soup becomes cloudy, but until now it was not clear why it turned white.Lake Shinji is known as a clam production area […]

106 high school students from Tottori and Shimane enter Shimane University Faculty of Education on a trial basis

 On August 2022, 8, the Sanin Teacher Education Consortium “Future Teachers” training project, Shimane University Faculty of Education, had a trial admission, and Tottori, Shimane […]

Shimane University, Hiroshima University, and Tokushima University are selected as attractive local national universities. Capacity will increase in 2023.

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has selected Shimane University, Hiroshima University, and Tokushima University as regional national universities that will contribute to the realization of attractive regional universities in 2023 universities nationwide […]

Elderly people who enjoy loneliness, tend to be less likely to experience negative emotions

 Elderly people who have a strong tendency to enjoy loneliness have low negative emotions, Aya Toyoshima, Lecturer, Faculty of Human Sciences, Shimane University, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University […]

When and how likely is Alzheimer's disease to develop?Successful predictions such as Otemon Gakuin University 

 Professor Keiichi Onoda of Otemon Gakuin University specializing in cognitive neuroscience, Professor Atsushi Nagai of the Department of Neurology, Shimane University School of Medicine, and ERISA Co., Ltd. […]

"Chibanian" as the name of the geological age, decided by the International Union of Geological Sciences

 The "Chiba section" of the stratum in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, is the beginning of the mid-Pleistocene of the geological era (about 77 years ago to about 4,000 years ago) […]

Succeeded in decoding the genome of Yoshino cherry tree, making it possible to predict the flowering time

 Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Shimane University, and Kyoto Prefectural University have jointly decoded the genome of Yoshino cherry tree, a popular variety that represents Sakura.Heredity […]