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Front Cover

Front Cover image [ PDF:398KB ]

Thoughts for the New Year 2012

 President's Message : Thoughts for the New Year 2012 [ PDF:246KB ]

Tsukuba Innovation Arena for Nanotechnology (TIA-nano)
Taking on the Challenges of a Global Research Center

 The Establishment of TIA-nano and its Fundamental Principles [ PDF:2.6MB ]
 Establishment of a Medium-term Plan for TIA-nano and the TIA-nano Alliance Forum
 Expectations for TIA-nano
 Creation of New Industries and Employment from the Operation
 TIA-nano’s Efforts in the Nanoelectronics Field
 Open Innovation at the Power Electronics Research Complex
 TIA-nano’s Approach to N-MEMS
 Current Situation and Prospects of Research and Collaboration Activities in the Carbon Nanotubes and Nano-material Safety Research Domains
 Efforts of the Nano-green Research Domain at TIA-nano
 Graduate School Collaboration Activities at TIA-nano
 Open-user Facilities of TIA-nano

Research Hotline

UPDATE FROM THE CUTTING EDGE (October−December 2011)
The abstracts of the recent research information appearing in Vol.11 No.10-12 of "AIST TODAY" are introduced here, classified by research area.
For inquiry about the full article, please contact the author via e-mail.

A method to separate each rare earth phosphor from the mixture of phosphors
- A continuous and low-cost separation by using a high field gradient separation method -
Environment and Energy
High-efficiency monolithically integrated CIGS submodules on metal foils
- Demonstration of over 15 %-efficiency CIGS submodules -
Mechanism of template-independent RNA polymerization
- A tale of a polyA tail – how to get all As -
Life Science and Biotechnology
Development of an efficient method for the induction of safe iPS cells
- Improvement of the efficiency of iPS cell induction by new factor Glis1 -
Facile diagnosis of iPS cells using glycan profiling technology
- Identification of a novel pluripotency marker by high-density lectin microarray -
Integrated all-semiconductor ultra-high-speed optical gate switch
- Simultaneous transmission and reception of ultra high-definition images at 160 Gbit/s data rate -
Information Technology and Electronics
A three-dimensional whole shape measurement system for processing of marine and agricultural products
- High-accuracy shape measurement of marine and agricultural products paving the way to automated processing -
First demonstration of ultra-small III-V/Ge CMOS transistors
- A breakthrough technology for next generation high-performance CMOS transistors of different alternative channel materials -
New recyclable green catalyst
- Efficient catalyst for oxidation reaction using metal-complex-type organic nanotubes -
Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
A calibrator for precision linear encoders
- A length measuring system with sub-nanometer uncertainty was developed -
Metrology and Measurement Science
New evaluation method for EMI anechoic chamber over 1 GHz
- New proficiency test method for radiated electromagnetic interference measurement over 1 GHz -

In Brief

President Nomakuchi Visits France and Germany [ PDF: 381KB ]
MOU Concluded between Geological Survey of Japan and Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd. of New Zealand

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