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- 2010-No.35
- Message:President's Message: Thoughts for the New Year
- Feature:Rare Metals 2
- Trends in Rare Metal Issues and Efforts of the Rare Metal Task Force
- Exploration of Rare Metal Resources
- Types and Characteristics of Rare Earth Deposits
- Reduction of Platinum Usage by a Core-Shell Structure
- Development of Iron-based Thermoelectric Material as an Alternative to Bismuth Telluride Alloy
- Development of Highly Effective Extractant for Platinum Group Metals
- Universal quenching probe system: flexible, specific, and cost-effective real-time polymerase chain reaction method
- Application expected to quantitative detection of viruses - - Discovery of early rising effect of a ketogenic diet on mice
- A low-carbohydrate diet affects the circadian clock - - An invisible-light-entrainment mechanism of the Drosophila circadian rhythm
- Re-entrainment of Drosophila rhodopsin mutants to red-LED light - - Multimedia content retrieval using automatic speech recognition
- Sub-word based realization of speech search without any restriction of vocabulary, grammar, or language - - Imaging of single calcium atoms using electron energy-loss spectroscopy
- Low voltage microscope enables structure analysis without destruction - - Successful formation of fine and high aspect ratio patterning with laser assisted ink-jet printing
- Industrial ink-jet printing for low resistance wiring on various kinds of substrates - - Electrical measuring method for quantum states
- Applications in quantum information processing are expected - - Development of cobalt-free oxide positive electrode material for lithium-ion batteries
- Realization of high discharge voltage close to that of existing positive electrode material - - A black coating developed using structured carbon nanotubes
- An excellent light absorber and thermal radiator like a black body - - Simultaneous emission of infrared free electron laser light and a quasi-monochromatic X-ray beam
- Development of a two-color light source of infrared light and X-ray with variable energy - - High-precision frequency measurement using an optical fiber link
- Remote absolute frequency measurement of a strontium optical lattice clock - - Precise characterization of nanomaterials by pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance method
- Accurate size determination and observation of diffusion phenomena of nanomaterials in solution - - President Nomakuchi's Visit to the Republic of South Africa
- Workshop Held by four Research Organizations - - Thai Minister of Science and Technology Visits AIST Tsukuba
- Ceremony for the Renewal of Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding - - Third Workshop between AIST and Department of Biotechnology of India
- 2010-2 No.36
- Message:President's Message AIST as a Driving Force of a New Era
- The Third Term of AIST begin - - Feature:Global Trends in Green Information Technology, the Significance of Our Commitment, and Interdisciplinary and Domestic/International Collaboration
- AIST's R&D Activities for Energy-Efficient and Green IT
- Power Consumption Visualization Technologies
- Optical Network-based Technology to Reduce Power Consumption
- Optical Interconnection
- Improvement in Energy Efficiency of Computers – Non-volatile Memories –
- Improvement in Energy Efficiency of IT Equipment
- Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Power Supplies and Air Conditioning in Data Centers
- Improvement of Energy Efficiency in Cloud Computing Power Monitoring through kHz Band PLC
- Glycobiomarker test can evaluate progression of liver fibrosis by chronic hepatitis
- A paradigm shift by development of glycobiomarkers on problem-oriented medical diagnosis - - Development of a far-red luminescence imaging technology
- Imaging technology of a cancer cell based on chemical reactions in Cypridina bioluminescence - - Development of an objective examination for olfactory malfunction
- Possibility of early identification of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease - - Standard evaluation circuit board for cryptographic modules
- For enhancement of hardware security and establishment of international standards - - An assistant robot "TAIZO" for rehabilitation exercises for seniors
- To increase the motivation of the elderly for the exercises - - Robotic Arm for Persons with Upper-limb DisAbilities (RAPUDA)
- A safe and cost-effective measure for improving the quality of life - - QuakeMap: a wide-ranging map showing the detailed strong ground motion
- A wide range of information from several institutions is integrated and provided to users - - Development of a health monitoring system for chickens by using wireless sensors
- Anticipated application for the early detection of avian influenza outbreaks in poultry farms - - A technique for evaluation of long-term stability of thermocouples at high temperatures above 1000 °C
- Development of cobalt-carbon eutectic point for thermocouple calibration - - Development of a hybrid preconcentration technique
- For the highly-efficient preconcentration and highly-sensitive determination of ultra-trace heavy metals - - Disclosing the software system 'GERAS-3' for risk assessment of soil contamination
- Free distribution of the developed system expecting wider utilization for environmental risk governance in companies and municipalities - - Sixth Biomass-Asia Workshop
- Regional Implementation Meeting for Asia and the Pacific ahead of the Eighteenth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
- Message:President's Message AIST as a Driving Force of a New Era
- 2010-3 No.37
- Message:President's Message
- Enhancing hub functions for open innovation - - Feature:Bioinformatics
Toward the establishment of Japanese leadership in genome information analysis and utilization technologies - Bioinformatics opening the door to life innovation Expectations for bioinformatics research in AIST
- What is bioinformatics?
- Functional RNA database
- Construction of infrastructure technologies for bioinformatics information
- Toward the construction of strategic databases in the life science field
- Bioinformatics Training Consortium
- Computational drug discovery based on protein 3D structures
- High-accuracy network analysis by systems biology approach
- Large-scale comprehensive comparison of known and potential ligand-binding sites
- High-speed switching of high-voltage, high-power converter achieved by using SiC diodes
- Size reduction of large-scale power converter systems in social infrastructure - - Structure and conduction mechanism of lithium ion in ionic liquid
- Design of electrolyte materials for lithium secondary batteries with high charge rate - - A novel easy-to-recycle Li-Cu secondary battery
- A large-capacity and low-cost rechargeable battery with metallic electrodes - - The driving force to generate new neurons in adult mammalian brain
- Regulatory cues on both coding and non-coding genomic regions to promote adult neuron production and the diversity - - Development of an array analysis system that assesses optimum ligands rapidly
- The system is readily applicable to the purification of various antibody drugs - - Singing synthesis technology by mimicking user's singing
- VocaListener: Synthesis of more natural singing by mimicking pitch and dynamics of a user's singing voice - - Hydrophilic plastic film with nanostructured surface made by nano-imprinting process
- The use of nanostructured dies realizes improved light transmission and wettability of transparent panels - - Development of low operating temperature SOFCs using a zirconia-based electrolyte
- Achieved 1 W/cm2 at the operating temperature as low as 600 °C - - Development of a stabilized laser source with a sub-Hertz linewidth
- Towards an ideal oscillator for the steady "ticks" - - A technique for quantitative measurement of acoustic cavitation generated by high pressure ultrasound
- Measurement technology of generated acoustic cavitation for development of ultrasound medicine - - Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Visits AIST Tsukuba
- Secretary of State for the Development of the Capital Region of France Visits AIST Tsukuba
- Message:President's Message
- 2010-4 No.38
- The World of Metrology is Expanding
- The 10-year historical locus of the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) - - Preface - Innovation and Metrology -
- National Measurement Standards Establishment Plan - Milestone in 2010 -
- Cooperation and Competition Following International Mutual Recognition - The World after the Conclusion of CIPM-MRA -
- Traceability and the JCSS System - The Spread of Measurement Literacy and the Expansion of Calibration Laboratories -
- A Bottom-up Approach for Dissemination and Enlightenment – The NMIJ Metrology Club
- Measurement Standards in Society
- Secure/safe social infrastructure -
- Measurement Standards for supporting daily life -
- Measurement Standards support industrial technology -
- Next-generation's measurement standards /calibration system - - The National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) in the 3rd Term
- Expectation for the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) - - A new type of Li-metal air fuel cell
- Large capacity and low cost lithium air fuel cell using corrosion phenomenon - - Look up, and you will find the way from the sky
- Remote synchronization system loaded on the first quasi-zenith satellite "MICHIBIKI" - - Tumor growth suppression activity by circadian clock molecule
- Novel function of circadian clock gene, Period2 - - Mask pattern optimization technology that extends life of current optical lithography
- Improving the accuracy of lithography for LSI by approximately 20 % - - Visualization of chemical reactions at atomic level
- High-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals the mechanism of chemical reactions between two fullerene molecules - - Development of new rolling technology for commercial magnesium alloy sheet
- Start of sample shipments for wide-width commercial magnesium alloy sheet with high room temperature formability - - Simple method for high-purity separation of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes
- An automated, continuous, and repeatable process would realize cost-efficient separation - - Monitoring system for safety management of structures using elastico-luminescent materials
- Real-time visualization of the shape distribution and propagation of cracks using elastico-luminescent sensors - - Precise distribution system for frequency standard through optical fiber
- Expectation for application to many areas as calibration, measurement, particle physics, and radio astronomy - - Quantitative measurement of unsteady gas flow rate
- Towards the sophisticated measurements of exhaust gas and medical application - - Development of high performance concentric nebulizer for plasma spectrometry
- Semi-demountable triple tube concentric nebulizer - - Precise morphology measurement of nanostructures
- Reference material for atomic force microscope (AFM) and precise morphometry - - President Nomakuchi talks at IASP 2010 Daedeok
- MOU Concluded with CEA-DRT, France at INC6 in Grenoble
- U.S.-Japan Workshop on Basic Science Project Development
- The World of Metrology is Expanding
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