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No.34 2009-4

Message:President's Message: Open Innovation

Feature:Biophotonics at AIST

Research Hotline

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President's Message: Open Innovation

Message:President's Message: Open Innovation

Biophotonics at AIST
- Hot topics on biomedical imaging and sensing by light -

The "Visualization" Challenge: Development and Application of Bio-optical Technologies	[ PDF:1.7MB ]
Development of Water Dispersible Indium Phosphide Nanocrystals for Use as Fluorescent Reagents
Observing the Cell Surface Using Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Spectroscopy
Highly-Sensitive Fluorescence-based Detection of Catecholamines as Stress Markers
Fluorescence Microscopic Imaging Using a Substrate with a Sub-wavelength Grating
Revealing Amyloid Structure by Isotope-labeling Infrared Spectroscopy
Capturing Tens-of-nanometers-scale Phenomena with a New Optical Microscope
Bio-mechanical Optical Imaging
Measurement of Oxygen Saturation through the Eye
The Live Cell Imaging Workshop

Research Hotline

UPDATE FROM THE CUTTING EDGE (July−September 2009) The abstracts of the recent research information appearing in Vol.9 No.7-9 of "AIST TODAY" are introduced here, classified by research area. For inquiry about the full article, please contact the author via e-mail.
Development of a method for specific degradation of nuclear-localized RNAs with unknown functions - Road to new medical and pharmaceutical researches originated from the emerging RNA functions -	Life Science and Biotechnology
Development of thin-film electroluminescent device using inorganic oxides - Plane emission of red light with a starting voltage of ≈10 V -	Information Technology and Electronics
New, simple method for separation of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes - Freeze, thaw and squeeze method paves the way for mass production -	Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
Development of a system capable of machining a metal tube of a human hair size into a complex shape - Highly functional microscopic medical instruments will be realized -
Development of low-cost photocatalyst responsive to visible light - Applicable to fiber, textile and plastic -
Rapid production of bioactive substance, HMF, from saccharides - Realized by using high-pressure and high-temperature water in a microreaction system -	Environment and Energy
Development of an effective method of producing D-glyceric acid from glycerol - Materials for chemicals and pharmaceuticals to be produced from a by-product of biodiesel fuel productin -
Development of a new electric power device that enables the grid-connection of numerous distributed generators - Low-loss superconducting thin-film fault-current limiter elements that immediately suppress short-circuit currents -
Photon number discrimination with a superconducting transition edge sensor - New photon detection technique for realizing ultimate performances in quantum communication and metrology -	Metrology and Measurement Science
A simple pretreatment technique for PCB analysis - A key to solving the PCB-waste issue: fast and accurate analysis -
Beyond the limit of mass spectrometry - Kinetic-energy-sensitive mass spectrometry for separation of different ions with the same m/z value -
Three-dimensional imaging of defect distributions using a positron microprobe - A practical technique for evaluating defect distributions in various materials -

In Brief

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Visits Tokyo Akihabara Site	[ PDF: 882KB ]
MOUs Concluded with 6 US National Laboratories in Energy and Environment Fields

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