2021/01/07

Ultra-Wideband Measurement of Low-Loss Materials for 5G/6G Applications
– Simple system for measuring conductivity of metals at frequencies above 100 GHz –

2021/01/06

Symbiotic Bacteria Play Different Roles in Host Insect Larvae and Adults
– Elucidation of the relationship between insect metamorphosis, lifestyle change, and microbial symbiont –

2020/12/25

ISO Accessible Design Standards Based on Ergonomic Studies
– Basic standards taking account of older persons and persons with disability established for tactile symbols and characters, font size, indicator lights, and spoken instructions –

2020/12/23

Development of a Thermoelectric Conversion Material Using Silver Selenide that Exhibits High Performance at Near-Room Temperature
– Realization of thermoelectric figure of merit ZT = 1.0 by controlling the crystal structure in the nanometer range –

2020/12/22

Development of Technology to Produce Blood Vessels in Artificial Tissues
– Using a tissue culture device to produce living tissues with a primary vessel and capillaries –

2020/12/08

Development of New Transistor Architecture for the 2nm Node
– Aggressive integration through Si/Ge stacked channel heterogeneous complementary field effect transistor (hCFET) –

2020/12/03

Measurement of Soot Particles Deposited on the Ground Over the Past 20 Years
– Newly acquired long-term records for the evaluation of a snow-darkening effect in climate-change models –

2020/11/24

Development of a Web-Based Integrated System to Display Information on 440 Quaternary Volcanoes Across Japan at a Glance
– Published the “Geologic Map of Volcanoes in Japan (1:200,000)” database with the world’s highest level of accuracy –

2020/11/19

Fujitsu, AIST, and RIKEN Achieve Unparalleled Speed on the MLPerf HPC Machine Learning Processing Benchmark Leveraging Leading Japanese Supercomputer Systems (Fujitsu site)

2020/11/19

Fostering creativity in researchers: How Automation Can Revolutionize Materials Research (Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) site)

2020/11/05

Publication of Documents on Safety Assessment Methods for Cellulose Nanofibers
– Support for related companies in self-management of safety and helping to promote practical applications of cellulose nanofibers –

2020/10/02

Supply of New Certified Reference Materials for Doping Testing
– Contribution to higher reliability of doping testing at international sports events –

2020/09/24

Tamamushi Lacquer Nanocomposite Is Adopted As a Coating of Helmets for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Professional Baseball Team
– Durability added to a traditional craft, allowing heavy-duty use –

2020/09/23

Development of High-Accuracy Surface Profiler for Large Diameter Substrates
– Measurement of flatness of 600 mm-diameter substrates with 5 nm uncertainty –

2020/09/09

Development of Large-Area Light Control Device Using a Coating Process for Mass Production
– Creating a comfortable and safe space by controlling optical properties –

2020/09/08

Development of Heat- and Impact-resistant Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube and Resin Composites
– Carbon nanotubes provide uniform electrical conductivity and high shape retainability –

2020/09/04

Demonstration of a Hydrogen Supply Chain and a Hydrogen Co-firing Engine Generator System
– Promoting the use of renewable energy and hydrogen in Fukushima Prefecture –

2020/09/03

Development of Simple Process for Synthesis of Gold Nanomaterials
– Rapid synthesis via a one-step reaction using a succinic acid derivative and control of crystal growth direction –

2020/09/02

Researchers provide most detailed and complete record yet of Earth's last magnetic reversal (National Institute of Polar Research site)

2020/08/31

Development of Standard Reference Module with High Durability and Reliability for Thermoelectric Power Generation Tests
– Promotion of higher reliability of measurement technology, and use in international standardization activities of power generation performance tests –