Advanced Science

Free-floating electrons on top of liquid helium yield insights into their transport behavior

Using a simple glass capillary, atomic physicists at RIKEN are developing an ultra-narrow ion beam that pinpoints a part of organelles in a living cell, enabling biologists to visualize how the damage affects cell activities.

Dr. Hideki Hirayama has won an Achievement Award in the 43rd Ichimura Science Awards for his work on the development of high-quality AlGaN-based semiconductor crystals and advanced research on deep-UV LEDs. Dr. Hirayama is the leader of the Terahertz Quantum Device Team at RIKEN Advanced Science Insitute (ASI).

A common industrial magnet exhibits rare and potentially useful qualities when its composition is slightly altered

Calculations can now predict when and how spins of electrons and ions arrange in one-dimensional multiferroic materials

Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC) announced today that it has established a research and development center in Singapore, where the company will leverage the local talent pool and expertise of research organizations, such as Singapore’s A*STAR Data Storage Institute (DSI), and universities in the development of advanced hard drive technologies.

Exotic entities that arrange into a crystalline structure at near room-temperature could lead to a new approach to electronic memory

By NASER FARUQUI The political dramas unfolding in Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries present pivotal opportunities: They improve the prospects for harnessing science and its values to advance sustainable and equitable development, openness and democracy in the Islamic world.

Molecular simulations explain how enzymatic pumps transport calcium ions within muscle cells

Experimental evidence adds to the likelihood of the existence of supersolids, an exotic phase of matter

Researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute are harnessing new physical principles in their search for the breakthroughs that will drive the next technological revolution.

Microwave photons can nullify the conductivity of electrons confined to the surface of liquid helium

At the AAAS will be two scientists involved in cutting-edge research at RIKEN. Yoichi Yamada will discuss his team’s work on a new “micro-reaction chip”, as the basis for a revolutionary technique for conducting chemical reactions and Hiroyuki Ichida will discuss the application of heavy-ion beams to plant and microbial breeding.

Helical molecules that contract reversibly when oxidized pave the way to new single-molecule electrochemical switches

Polymer films that unfurl in the light could be the first of a new family of functional materials

Simulations have explained the peculiar nature of molecular hydrogen vibration under high pressure

A newly proposed superconducting device could lead to the first observation of particles that are their own antiparticles

The ability of bacteria to change the body color of aphids has ecological consequences

The interaction of electrons in an unusual oxide reveals new ways to tune electrical conductivity

The discovery that particles called antiprotons collide with molecules and atoms in different ways is contrary to theoretical expectations.

Mathematical equations can now resolve whether electron transport in nanostructures follows classical or quantum mechanical behavior

Theoretical physicists are working to unlock the secrets of a new class of matter known as topological insulators and topological superconductors.

On September 17–18, the RIKEN Harima Institute hosted the second Noyori Summer School, a retreat for PhD students in the International Program Associate (IPA) and Junior Research Associate (JRA) programs conducting research at RIKEN.

Tokyo, 6 Dec - Researchers at RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research institution, have successfully devised the world’s first experimental technique for measuring ground-state hyperfine transitions of antihydrogen.

Advances in our understanding of basic biological processes and human disease owe much to the groundbreaking research of scientists at the Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory at RIKEN Advanced Science Institute.

Tokyo, 15 Nov - New findings by researchers at RIKEN and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) have shed light on the remarkable electrochemical response properties of an elusive class of molecular helix structures, charting a new path in the design of molecular machines and devices.

Scientists discover that a protein with an essential role in controlling gene dosage in female cells has been hiding in plain sight

Tokyo, 4 Nov- Researchers at RIKEN have successfully developed a revolutionary new polymer film that changes shape upon irradiation with UV and visible light.

The formation of nuclear pores in dividing human cells is being illuminated by new visualization techniques

A versatile formula describes the energetic conditions needed to transport molecules laterally on surfaces