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Web Magazine "Possible Future: Case #UTokyo-IIS" is now available online.
This web magazine introduces the various "possible futures" originating from UTokyo-IIS.
Living organisms contain a large amount of water. Around 60% of our bodies, 70 to 90% of plants, and about 80% of water-dwelling animals like fish are actually made of water. But we don't really know enough about exactly where that water is--down to the level of specific tissues and cells --how much there is, or what form it takes inside the body.
Professor Ryo Shirakashi of the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, is conducting research to elucidate the states of water within biological systems, based on the principles of thermal science and engineering. What insights can be gained by studying water within biological systems? We asked him to explain in detail.
・Microscopic Water Science in Biological systems: Improving Sake and Tea Production
