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Contents List Message:Toward the Second Research Phase Feature : Volcanic Eruptions and the Blessings from the Earth Research Hot Line In Brief

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Toward the Second Research Phase
Message:Toward the Second Research Phase [ PDF:728.0KB ]

Feature:Volcanic Eruptions and the Blessings from the Earth

Volcanic Research to Reduce Disasters and Make the Most of the Blessings of Volcanoes [ PDF:1.1MB ]
Pursuing the Eruption : Emergency Survey on Miyake-jima [ PDF:532.0KB ]
Mechanism of the Ascent of Magma to an Eruption [ PDF:665.4KB ]
Geological Map of Volcanoes : Research of Recent Eruption History [ PDF:863.3KB ]
The Blessings of Volcanoes : The Front Line of the Utilization of Geothermal Heat [ PDF:279.7KB ]
Volcanoes as Tourism Resources : Marvelous Views and Hot Springs [ PDF:369.5KB ]
Mineral Resources Produced by Volcanic Activities [ PDF:275.6KB ]
Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems [ PDF:323.8KB ]

Research Hot Line

UPDATE FROM THE CUTTING EDGE (Jan.-Mar. 2005)
The abstracts of the recent research information appeared on the Vol.5 No.1-No.3 of "AIST TODAY" are introduced and classified by research area.
For inquiry about the full article, please contact the author directly.
Innovative Display to Present Multiple Images of Various Formats Life Science and Biotechnology
A new view on the mechanism for generating evoked fields
Development of multi-component MO method beyond Born-Oppenheimer approximation Information Technology and Electronics
Development of Single-CD Linux "KNOPPIX / IPv6" with International Accreditation IPv6 Ready Logo Acquired
Red color materials containing gold nanoparticles
- Harmless and highly light-resistant color materials were developed -		 Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
Dye Aggregation Driven by Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds
New Method of Synthesizing Organic Hydrogen Storage Materials for Fuel Cells Environment and Energy
The production of a sheath around a stacked-cup carbon nanofiber
Novel synthesis of the electroluminescent materials using microwave irradiation
Super CO tolerant anode catalysts for fuel cells - A new generation electro-catalysts based on organic metal complexes
Detoxification of Dioxins under Mild Conditions
Development of fiber-optic structural health monitoring system Metrology and Measurement Science
Supersensitive two-photon absorption material
- Seeking for materials efficiently absorbing two photons simultaneously -		 Information Technology and Electronics
n-Type Organic Thin Film Transistor Prepared by Solution Process
Nano-Sized Calcium Phosphate Crystals Obtained by Bio-Inspired Methods Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
Electrically conductive DLC coatings by plasma based ion implantation
A new growth technique for high-quality III-nitride semiconductors Environment and Energy
4H-SiC Lateral RESURF MOSFETs
Technology developed by AIST used to neutralize bombs containing poisonous chemicals found in Kanda Port, Fukuoka
Novel Fe-Mn oxide positive electrode for rechargeable lithium battery
Decomposition of environmentally persistent perfluorocarboxylic acids by a heteropolyacid photocatalyst
Production of Hydrogen Out of Woodchip
- Demonstration of Continued Bench Scale Production with Carbon Dioxide Absorbed by Calcium -
Development of a new goniophotometer for accurate absolute calibration of total luminous flux Metrology and Measurement Science
Elucidation of proton diffusion mechanisms by solid-state NMR
- Proton diffusion measurements in inorganic solid acid salts (potential solid electrolytes in fuel cells) containing no water -
High Accuracy Automatic Fitting for Next Generation Transistor Model HiSIM
- Cost Reduction for Development of Semiconductor Manufacturing Process through Application of Genetic Algorithm -
Development of High Performance Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) Devices Information Technology and Electronics
Ceramic Reactor to Purge NOx by Using Power Derived from Exhaust Heat
- Utilization of Electrochemical Device for Purging Vehicle Exhaust Gas -		 Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
New Li-Mn-O Cathode Materials with High Voltage and Capacity
Novel Ionic Liquids Electrolyte for Li Metal Anode
- Ionic Liquids Based on Aliphatic Quaternary Ammoniums -		 Environment and Energy
Transient uplift after a 17th-century giant earthquake in Hokkaido Geological Survey and Geoscience, Marine Science and Technology
Density and thickness measurement of a thin-film by the pressure-of-flotation method Metrology and Measurement Science
Progress in the Research on the Thermometry in Magnetic Fields
Coherent control of molecular orientation by two-color laser fields
In-Ambulance Remote Image Acquisition System Based on New Data-Compression Technology Information Technology and Electronics
New Road to Cancer Therapy Opened through Nanotechnology Life Science and Biotechnology
The Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean Geological Survey and Geoscience, Marine Science and Technology
World's First Room-Temperature Ice Nanotube Is Discovered
- Opening the way to understanding the behavior of water molecules in nanometer-scale environments -		 Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
Further development of profile-profile alignment methods for protein structure prediction Life Science and Biotechnology

In Brief

Collaboration agreement signed by AIST and Singapore's A*STAR
The 4th AIST Workshop on LCA for APEC Member Economies
Tetsuji Okada, Senior Research Scientist at the Biological Information Research Center receives Research Front commendation
Research cooperation initiated between AIST and the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
AIST and Thailand's core research organizations sign general agreements on research cooperation following a joint workshop
Poster Prizes awarded on two consecutive days during 2004 Fall Meeting of MRS
Biomass Asia Workshop 2005 held in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan

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