PRESS RELEASE
Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Center for Public Information,
For immediate release: 27 August 2012
Tokyo Institute of Technology publishes the latest issue of its online newsletter, Tokyo Tech Bulletin: http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/index.html
(Tokyo, 27 August 2012) From fish collagen for cosmetics and medical applications to multi-petaflop supercomputing, and environmentally responsive organic materials—the Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin contains the latest information about cutting edge research projects and related activities at Tokyo Tech.
Research topics covered in the August 2012 issue of the Tokyo Tech Bulletin include:
New smart building blends environmental features with design
Tokyo Tech’s new Environmental Energy Innovation building (EEI) is one of a kind. It employs advanced technologies to attain a high degree of electricity self-sufficiency, and these technologies have been very cleverly integrated into the building’s design and structure. As a result, it not only achieves its goal of being a center for conducting interdisciplinary leading-edge research in energy, the environment and urban development, but the building itself is a showcase for these fields of study.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/feature.html
WalkMate System: Innovative approach for rehabilitating Parkinson’s disease patients
Tokyo Tech ‘s Yoshihiro Miyake and colleagues have developed an innovative, non-invasive therapeutic intervention that may improve the mobility, stability, and quality of life of Parkinson’s disease patients.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/innovation.html
Molecular capsules: Glowing with promise
Michito Yoshizawa, Zhiou Li, and co-workers from the Chemical Resources Laboratory at Tokyo Institute of Technology report novel molecular nanocapsules with the M2L4 composition (M represents zinc, copper, platinum, palladium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese). Their zinc and copper capsules, in particular, display unique fluorescent properties.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/research.html#a02
Shape memory alloys: New guideline for TiNi microstructure control and alloy design
The TiNi shape memory alloy (SMA) can recover its shape even after deformation of a few percent. The behavior indicates the shape memory effect and superelasticity.
This unique property originates in ‘domain-switching’ of the low-temperature phase (B19’: monoclinic). However, the nature of the real domain structure had been unclear.
Now, Tomonari Inamura and colleagues at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kyushu University have shown that the real domain structure is ‘twisted’ unlike the traditional model.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/research.html#a03
Mobile communications: Making signal detection simpler
Liming Zheng and colleagues at Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Department of Communications and Integrated Systems propose a new, low-complexity signal detection algorithm. Their algorithm works by calculating the expected errors in signal detection, then performing a multi-dimensional search for signal candidates among the various levels of noise enhancement from which the overall signal suffers.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/bulletin/research.html#a01
The Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin also includes updates of news and events:
The Academy for Global Leadership
The Education Academy of Computational Life Sciences: ACLS
T2R2 full-text file storage hits 1000
Academy for Co-creative Education of Environment and Energy Science
Tokyo Institute of Technology professors honored with the Japan Academy Prize
The Academy for Global Nuclear Safety and Security Agent
Further information:
Miwako Kato and Yukiko Tokida
Center for Public Information
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