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24 May 2019
Electrochemical imaging by researchers reveals that nitrogen and phosphorus atoms are key for enhancing holey graphene’s ability to promote the release of hydrogen during electrolysis.
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23 Jan 2019
Philippine microsatellite DIWATA-2 has successfully captured initial images. Launched last autumn, it is the second microsatellite designed and developed under a collaborative project between Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), and the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UPD)
25 May 2018
Haedong Science & Culture Foundation delivered KRW 500 million to the UNIST Development Fund.
(a) In conventional semiconductors, electrons flow from the hot to the cold side with low mobility caused by ionized impurity. (b) In the newly developed semiconductor without the impurity, 2DEG can flow with high mobility.
20 Nov 2017
Novel approach utilizes high mobility two-dimensional electron gas, boosting thermoelectric conversion efficiency.
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06 Jun 2016
The Philippines' first microsatellite, DIWATA-1, was successfully released into orbit from the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station at 20:44 (JST) on April 27, 2016.
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18 May 2016
This is Part II of an article based on an interview with Hokkaido University Professor Yukihiro Takahashi, director of the Space Mission Center, about the university’s involvement in the development of low-cost, high-performance microsatellites.
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27 Apr 2016
This is Part I of an article based on an interview with Hokkaido University Professor Yukihiro Takahashi, director of the Space Mission Center, about the university’s involvement in the development of low-cost, high-performance microsatellites.
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07 Apr 2015
Researchers in Singapore, for the first time in the world, replicate the contractile ring’s structure by isolating a refined protein and placing it within a cell-imitation capsule.
13 Mar 2015
2015 Advanced Research in Material Sciences, Manufacturing, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Technology International Conference (AR4MET'2015) 2015 International Conference on Education (ICOED'2015) 2015 Renewable Energy and Green Technology International Conference (REEGETECH'2015)
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12 Mar 2015
In a joint project, researchers have developed a “Forensic Hyperspectral Imager” device based on hyperspectral imaging techniques, which can differentiate layered fingerprints into individual prints and detect untreated latent fingerprints from surfaces such as walls and magnetic sides of railway tickets.
KOBIAN
09 Dec 2013
Some of Waseda University's robots include TWENDY-ONE which supports the elderly, WABIAN-2 and KOBIAN bi-pedal robots with emotions, SCHEMA, the robot that can converse with many people and TWIns institute for breast cancer tumor surgery
graphene spin detection
21 Jul 2013
Opens the Way to Research on Spin Properties and Device Applications of Graphene and Other 2-Dimensional Materials
Waseda
18 Jul 2013
Researchers have developed nano-adhesive plasters that can easily be applied to lacerated vessel walls with no adhesive, and succeeded in arresting massive bleeding from the inferior vena cava in rabbits.
ECTFE Poster
16 Jul 2013
The Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) at UNIST, S. Korea, is officially recognized as a PSM Affiliation. The first PSM program in Korea and Asia.
26 Jul 2012
A large number of tropical forest protected areas are experiencing a decline in biodiversity, according to an analysis in Nature this week. These reserves are supposed to represent a final refuge for threatened species and natural ecosystem processes, as concerns about human impacts on tropical biodiversity grow.
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20 May 2012
Saitama, Japan, 20 May 2012 - The relativistic Hall effect describing objects rotating at speeds comparable with the speed of light has now been reported.
30 Mar 2012
Conserving electricity is an absolute necessity due to the power shortage associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.
mechanism of full-color holography
16 Mar 2012
Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute have developed a unique way to create full-color holograms with the aid of surface plasmons
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09 Mar 2012
Fluorescence-yield x-ray spectroscopy provides a view into how organic transistors work at the molecular scale
beetle antifreeze xylomannan
02 Mar 2012
An Alaskan beetle beats the cold using an unusual, natural antifreeze with a novel mode of action that scientists are beginning to unravel
24 Feb 2012
Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics have discovered an answer to the long-standing mystery of how brain cells can both remember new memories while also maintaining older ones.
electron beams
17 Feb 2012
A theory that accurately describes the properties of relativistic electron vortex beams will impact applications such as electron microscopy
03 Feb 2012
Derivation of equations that describe the dynamics of complex magnetic quasi-particles may aid the design of novel electronic devices
03 Feb 2012
Industrial chemistry is set to improve from novel rare-earth metal catalysts that reduce waste and improve aromatic bond-forming reactions
strontium barium manganite
27 Jan 2012
Demonstration of a rare combination of electric and magnetic properties in a now readily producible material could improve electronic memory devices
water molecules
27 Jan 2012
High-level spectroscopy and computer simulations of specially diluted liquids reveal the long-debated structure of air–water interfaces
DNA Probe
20 Jan 2012
A chemical probe that can differentiate between chemical tags adorning DNA could provide insights into how nature switches genes on and off
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06 Jan 2012
Discovery of a molecular basis for type 2 diabetes reveals how fatty diets can interfere with control of blood sugar levels
proteins
16 Dec 2011
Modifications to chromosomal proteins help ensure that brain-specific sugars are produced only in the appropriate tissues.