{"id":5491,"date":"2019-02-28T23:56:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s-castle.com\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2019-04-20T12:59:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T03:59:18","slug":"kansai2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/news\/5491\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Castle 2018 Kansai Conference was held on Sunday, December 23, 2018!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RIVANES hosted the Science Castle 2018 Kansai Conference on Sunday, December 23, 2018, with 130 research presentations from 61 schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tournament website is<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/s-castle.com\/sc2018_kansai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Please click here)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The research was presented in the form of oral and poster presentations, and the award-winning abstracts were selected by a panel of judges. The award-winning abstracts are reported below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&lt;Oral Presentation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41825\" src=\"https:\/\/lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_1099-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/>Science Castle Grand Prize<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The secrets of moths with hovering flight capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gifu Prefectural Giyama High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle Special Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toward a better understanding of the life cycle of the harlequin beetle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ehime Prefectural Imabari-Nishi High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle Osaka City University Prize<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mystery of water dancing on the side of a tumbler Discovery of the Gakut phenomenon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is egg cracking in red-bellied newts hindered by egg yolk?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toyama Daiichi High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle Human-Machine Integration Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use oyster shells to conserve artificial tidal flats!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Okayama Gakugeikan High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle Riverness Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Production of fish sauce using waste fry from farmed carp<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiroshima Prefectural Sera High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle, Excellence Award<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Mystery of Water Dancing on the Side of a Tumbler Discovery of the Gakutto Phenomenon Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School<\/li>\n<li>Ecological Study of Hermit Crabs in Kinan Region Wakayama Prefectural Kushimoto Koza High School<\/li>\n<li>Use oyster shells to conserve artificial tidal flats! Okayama Gakugeikan High School<\/li>\n<li>Toward the Practical Application of a Guided Capture Device for Argentine Ants Gifu Prefectural Yaotsu High School<\/li>\n<li>Approaching the Secret of Moths with Hovering Flight Ability Gifu Prefectural Giyama High School<\/li>\n<li>Production of fish sauce using discarded carp fry Hiroshima Prefectural Sera High School<\/li>\n<li>Methane hydrate mining technology using hot spring water in Wakayama Prefecture National Wakayama National College of Technology<\/li>\n<li>New Combinatorial Formulas and their Application to Probability Theory Kwansei Gakuin Senior High School<\/li>\n<li>Production of a semi-automatic device to take out books from a bookshelf Okayama Ichinomiya High School<\/li>\n<li>Is the egg breakage of red-bellied newt hindered by egg yolk? Toyama Daiichi High School<\/li>\n<li>Toward the elucidation of the life cycle of the harlequin bug Ehime Prefectural Imabarishi Senior High School<\/li>\n<li>Termites will save Japan!\u3000~Converting Thinned Wood into a Resource~ Seifu High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\uff1cPoster Presentation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41824\" src=\"https:\/\/lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_1094-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/>Science Castle Best Poster Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Effects of caffeine on protoplasmic flux in the giant Canada duck<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caffeine Team, Biology Club, Imabarishi Senior High School, Ehime, Japan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle Best Poster Award<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chalk Reclamation Project<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hokuriku Gakuen Hokuriku High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aiming to improve tomato quality by increasing bacteria<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi Junior High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Study of paper airplanes that fly well<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Komatsu City Ataka Junior High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Making tofu with sports drinks<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wakayama Shinai High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Study of osmotic tolerance in halophilic bacteria<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ehime Prefectural Imabari-Nishi High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mechanical Behavior of Rubber in Extensional Deformation Focusing on Internal Structure<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fermat points of a quadrilateral<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seishin Girls' High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is terraforming of Mars by lichens possible?<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lichen Team, Biology Department, Imabarishi Senior High School, Ehime, Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creation of flavors approached through substitution of ingredients<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jyoshogakuen High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Main rocks of rivers around Takanawa Peninsula and distribution of Nabebuta beetles<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ehime Prefectural Imabari-Nishi High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ultimate Perfume - Creating Your Own Original Perfume<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wakayama Shinai High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Protease activity in everyday foods<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sakuragaoka Junior High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aiming to clone red-bellied newts<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Notre Dame Seishin Gakuen Seishin Girls High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Euglena and other protists as potential nutrients<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kobe University Secondary School<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Science Castle Poster Special Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2050 - Japan when we grow up<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mikunigaoka Junior High School<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RIVANES will continue to support research activities of middle and high school students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We would like to thank all the presenting schools and all those who assisted in organizing the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Convention Outline<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Date: Sunday, December 23, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Venue: Osaka Meisei Gakuen Meisei Junior and Senior High School (5-44 Eisai-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, 543-0016, Japan)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Convention website:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/s-castle.com\/sc2018_kansai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/s-castle.com\/sc2018_kansai\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inquiries regarding this matter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Educational Development Division, Liverness Corporation (Attn: Nakajima)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tel: 050-1743-9799 E-mail: info@s-castle.com<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIVANES held the Science Castle 2018 Kansai Conference on Sunday, December 23, 2018, with 130 research presentations from 61 schools. 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