Kyushu University, abbreviated to Kyudai, is a public research university located in Fukuoka, Japan, on the island of Kyushu. Founded in 1911 as the fourth Imperial University in Japan, it has been recognised as a leading institution of higher education and research in Kyushu, Japan, and beyond.
Turning a garlic-derived fumigant into nanometer-scale droplets made it deadlier to adzuki bean beetles. The same formulation left most of their parasitoid wasps alive and did not harm germinating seeds. The spearmint partner, however, erased that safety margin.
Kyushu University researchers were trying to protect HGF, the signal that wakes muscle stem cells, from age-related damage. At double the dose, a small trisulfide compound instead made it grip its receptor twice as tightly as undamaged protein — and nobody yet knows why.