You Don't Have to Eat Margarine to Know its Texture!

—Development of analytical technology to quantitatively evaluate the microstructure of margarine, such as the emulsification state, which determines the texture of margarine—

High-precision Calibration of the Surface Profile of Reference Spherical Lenses

—Contributing to the development of high-precision optical elements and advanced product quality control—

Subsurface Microorganisms Disguise the Origin of Natural Gas!?

―New discovery prompting origin review changes future of natural gas deposit exploration―

New Technique to Accurately Measure the Shape of Industrial Products

– Tip radius correction method developed for tactile coordinate measuring machine –

Mold Made from the Compound Eye of a Dragonfly

– Development of fine mold forming technology capable of duplicating nanostructures of biomaterials –

Development of Photo-Absorber Layer as a Promising Top Cell for Tandem-Type Solar Cells

– Indium-free CIS-type thin film solar cells set new record-breaking efficiency –

Formic Acid, a High-pressure Hydrogen Source, Reproduced from Carbon Dioxide

– Direct synthesis from recovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen –

Development of Long-life Miniature Oxygen Sensor

– New electrode without metal leakage avoids degradation of sensor performance –

Indicators for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Disease Risk

– Simultaneous measurement of brachial pulse waveform and heart sound for easy measurement –

Tiny Warriors and Innovative Technology Are Here to Fight Back against Antibiotic-resistant Biofilms

– Researchers showed that antibiotic-infused silver nanoparticles can effectively break down biofilms while unveiling a new sensing method to assess antimicrobial activity –

Savior for Illuminance Evaluation in Lighting Spaces

– LEDs solve the problem of discontinued luminous intensity standard lamps indispensable for illuminance meter calibration –

New Technology for Redacting Digitally Signed Documents, Developed Jointly by Hitachi and AIST, Has Been Adopted as an ISO/IEC International Standard

– Ensures both privacy and authenticity of publicly released documents, contributing to a safe data-utilization society –

Detection of Trace Amounts of Hazardous Substances in Soil

– Developed a technique to detect mercury with high sensitivity at the sampling site –

Novel Anti-thrombogenic Coatings to Overcome Endovascular Therapy Challenges

– Reduction of thrombosis risk and antiplatelet drugs –

Development of Environmentally Friendly Flow Synthesis Technology Using Innovative Catalysts

– Efficient synthesis of materials such as pigment dyes, pharmaceuticals, and battery materials using hydrogen –

Generation of the World's Top Level Time Scale with a High Uptime Optical Lattice Clock

– Progress toward realization of a stable national time and frequency standard for a long term –

Challenge in Detection of Dark Matter with Optical Lattice Clock and Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock

– Simultaneous and high availability operation of "a redefinition candidate" and "a current definition" of the second that contribute to international atomic time is key –

"Spring-Water Temperature Difference Power Generation" That Can Generate Electricity When Immersed in Spring Water

– Effective use of the thermal energy of flowing spring water as electricity –

World's First Standardization of a Method for Confirming the Reliability of Hermetic Sealing Inspections

– Reference test piece with micropores to evaluate the flowability of gases and liquids –

Successful Demonstration of a Superconducting Circuit for Qubit Control within Large-scale Quantum Computer Systems

– Density of qubit-controlling-signals per cable may increase by approximately 1,000 times –