RIVANES hosted the Science Castle 2018 Kansai Conference on Sunday, December 23, 2018, with 130 research presentations from 61 schools.

The tournament website is(Please click here).

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.

<Oral Presentation

Science Castle Grand Prize

The secrets of moths with hovering flight capabilities.

Gifu Prefectural Giyama High School

Science Castle Special Award

Toward a better understanding of the life cycle of the harlequin beetle

Ehime Prefectural Imabari-Nishi High School

Science Castle Osaka City University Prize

Mystery of water dancing on the side of a tumbler Discovery of the Gakut phenomenon

Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School

Science Castle Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology Award

Is egg cracking in red-bellied newts hindered by egg yolk?

Toyama Daiichi High School

Science Castle Human-Machine Integration Award

Use oyster shells to conserve artificial tidal flats!

Okayama Gakugeikan High School

Science Castle Riverness Award

Production of fish sauce using waste fry from farmed carp

Hiroshima Prefectural Sera High School

Science Castle, Excellence Award

• The Mystery of Water Dancing on the Side of a Tumbler Discovery of the Gakutto Phenomenon Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School
• Ecological Study of Hermit Crabs in Kinan Region Wakayama Prefectural Kushimoto Koza High School
• Use oyster shells to conserve artificial tidal flats! Okayama Gakugeikan High School
• Toward the Practical Application of a Guided Capture Device for Argentine Ants Gifu Prefectural Yaotsu High School
• Approaching the Secret of Moths with Hovering Flight Ability Gifu Prefectural Giyama High School
• Production of fish sauce using discarded carp fry Hiroshima Prefectural Sera High School
• Methane hydrate mining technology using hot spring water in Wakayama Prefecture National Wakayama National College of Technology
• New Combinatorial Formulas and their Application to Probability Theory Kwansei Gakuin Senior High School
• Production of a semi-automatic device to take out books from a bookshelf Okayama Ichinomiya High School
• Is the egg breakage of red-bellied newt hindered by egg yolk? Toyama Daiichi High School
• Toward the elucidation of the life cycle of the harlequin bug Ehime Prefectural Imabarishi Senior High School
• Termites will save Japan!　~Converting Thinned Wood into a Resource~ Seifu High School

＜Poster Presentation

Science Castle Best Poster Award

Effects of caffeine on protoplasmic flux in the giant Canada duck

Caffeine Team, Biology Club, Imabarishi Senior High School, Ehime, Japan

Science Castle Best Poster Award

• Chalk Reclamation Project Hokuriku Gakuen Hokuriku High School
• Aiming to improve tomato quality by increasing bacteria Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi Junior High School
• Study of paper airplanes that fly well Komatsu City Ataka Junior High School
• Making tofu with sports drinks Wakayama Shinai High School
• Study of osmotic tolerance in halophilic bacteria Ehime Prefectural Imabari-Nishi High School
• Mechanical Behavior of Rubber in Extensional Deformation Focusing on Internal Structure Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School
• Fermat points of a quadrilateral Seishin Girls' High School
• Is terraforming of Mars by lichens possible? Lichen Team, Biology Department, Imabarishi Senior High School, Ehime, Japan
• Creation of flavors approached through substitution of ingredients Jyoshogakuen High School
• Main rocks of rivers around Takanawa Peninsula and distribution of Nabebuta beetles Ehime Prefectural Imabari-Nishi High School
• The Ultimate Perfume - Creating Your Own Original Perfume Wakayama Shinai High School
• Protease activity in everyday foods Sakuragaoka Junior High School
• Aiming to clone red-bellied newts Notre Dame Seishin Gakuen Seishin Girls High School
• Euglena and other protists as potential nutrients Kobe University Secondary School

Science Castle Poster Special Award

2050 - Japan when we grow up

Mikunigaoka Junior High School

RIVANES will continue to support research activities of middle and high school students.

We would like to thank all the presenting schools and all those who assisted in organizing the event.

Convention Outline

Date: Sunday, December 23, 2018

Venue: Osaka Meisei Gakuen Meisei Junior and Senior High School (5-44 Eisai-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, 543-0016, Japan)

Convention website:https://s-castle.com/sc2018_kansai/

Inquiries regarding this matter

Educational Development Division, Liverness Corporation (Attn: Nakajima)

Tel: 050-1743-9799 E-mail: [email protected]