News2025
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October 17, 2025
[Press] Direct observation of fast atomic diffusion along ceramics grain boundary: Revealing sintering mechanism and guidelines for grain boundary engineering
SHIBATA Ultra-atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy Project
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September 19, 2025
[Press] “Quantum squeezing” a nanoscale particle for the first time
SAGAWA Information-to-Energy Interconversion Project
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August 28, 2025
[Press] Experimental Realization of a Maxwell’s Demon Exploiting Quantum Information Flow: Toward Efficient Quantum Feedback Control
SAGAWA Information-to-Energy Interconversion Project
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August 1, 2025
[Press] Scientists reveal what makes optimal transport theory optimal in generative models
SAGAWA Information-to-Energy Interconversion Project
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June 19, 2025
[Press] Bulk-edge Correspondence in Measurement-induced Topological Phases
SAGAWA Information-to-Energy Interconversion Project
News2024
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March 21, 2025
[Press] Sea water purification technique outperforms commonly used materials, even activated carbon
YAMAUCHI Materials Space-Tectonics Project
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February 7, 2025
[Press] Pregnancy blood test ‘rapid sensor’ can detect birth risks earlier
YAMAUCHI Materials Space-Tectonics Project
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February 7, 2025
[Press] Development of a reusable solid catalyst for hydrogenolysis of epoxy resins toward epoxy composite recycling
NOZAKI Resin-Degradation Catalyst Project
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January 28, 2025
[Press] An overlooked nuclear force helps keep matter stable
SEKIGUCHI Three-body Nuclear Force Project
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June 1, 2024
[Award] Australian Laureate Fellowship from Australian Research Council
Prof. YAMAUCHI Yusuke, Research Director of YAMAUCHI Materials Space-Tectonics, receives Australian Laureate Fellowship from Australian Research Council
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May 29, 2024
[Press] Inexpensive microplastic monitoring through porous materials and machine learning
YAMAUCHI Materials Space-Tectonics Project
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April 10, 2024
[Press] Mathematical Formulation of ISO 34502 Hazardous Scenarios for Automated Driving Systems
HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design
News2023
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January 29, 2024
[Movie] FUKATSU Evolving Symbiosis Project has released 8 YouTube videos in English
FUKATSU Evolving Symbiosis
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July 11, 2023
[Press] Virtual exploration of chemical reactions
MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
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April 4, 2023
[Press] Synthesis of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-based, straight-shaped diphosphine ligands
MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
News2022
- February 7, 2023 [Press] It Takes Two: cooperating catalysts provide new route for utilizing formate salts MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
- December 1, 2022 [Press] Automated chemical reaction prediction: now in stereo MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
- November 28, 2022 [Press] Method for automated reaction path search of photoredox reactions enables determination of the Knowles hydroamination mechanism MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
- November 21, 2022 [Press] Simplified process shines light on new catalyst opportunities MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
- October 22, 2022 [Event] Public Viewing of Chair-Type Tactile Presentation Device at Tokyo Skytree Town®. INAMI JIZAI Body
- August 9, 2022 [Press] Simulations provide map to treasure trove of fluorinated compounds MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
- August 8, 2022 [Press] Development of ultra-thin implantable materials keeping stability and functionality inside the human body YAMAUCHI Materials Space-Tectonics
- July 7, 2022 [Press] A New Method for Mathematically Proving the Safety of Automated Driving Vehicles HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design
- July 7, 2022 [Movie] A New Method for Mathematically Proving the Safety of Automated Driving Vehicles HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design
- April 25, 2022 [Press] Hitting rewind to predict multi-step chemical reactions MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
News2021
- March 14, 2022 [Press] Chemical reaction design goes virtual MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
- February 22, 2022 [Press] CO2 recycling and efficient drug development—tackling two problems with one reaction MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
- November 15, 2021 [Press] Automated Technique to Efficiently Discover Severe Problems in Automated Driving Systems: — Investigating Potential Problems and Efficiently Searching for Likely Problems — HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design
- July 22, 2021 [Award] The 2021 Fulkerson Prize Prof. KAWARABAYASHI Ken-ichi, Research Director of KAWARABAYASHI Large Graph, wins The 2021 Fulkerson Prize
- July 13, 2021 [Press] Verifying Behavior and Body Cognition when Simultaneously Synchronizing with Multiple Avatars INAMI JIZAI Body
- May 26, 2021 [Press] Transformation of controller software for ensuring safe behavior under perceptual uncertainty HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design
- April 12, 2021 [Press] Automated Technique to Discover Automatically Simulation Configurations for Behaviors Hard to Test HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design
News2020
- July 2, 2020 [EurekAlert!] A path to new nanofluidic devices applying spintronics technology SAITOH Spin Quantum Rectification Project
- June 8, 2020 [Press] Novel computer-assisted chemical synthesis method cuts research time and cost MAEDA Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery
News2019
- March 6, 2020 [EurekAlert!] A filter for cleaner qubits NAKAMURA Macroscopic Quantum Machines Project
- February 27, 2020 [Event] The 1st International Symposium on Human InformatiX ERATO SATO Live Bio-Forecasting Project holds their final progress report session
- February 19, 2020 [EurekAlert!] A spookily good sensor NAKAMURA Macroscopic Quantum Machines Project
- December 13, 2019 [EurekAlert!] Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter YAMAMOTO Atom Hybrid Project
- November 6, 2019 [Press] Development of magneto-optic effect measurement device using dual-comb spectroscopy MINOSHIMA Intelligent Optical Synthesizer Project
- October 20, 2019 [Event] 5th International Conference on X-ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings (XNPIG) MOMOSE Quantum-Beam Phase Imaging Project
- October 7, 2019 [Award] Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 Dr. Semenza, Co-Research Director of SUEMATSU Gas Biology Project, wins Nobel Prize
- July 30, 2019 [Press] Extraordinarily thick organic light-emitting diodes solve nagging issues ADACHI Molecular Exciton Engineering Project
- July 19, 2019 [Press] Molecular Nanocarbons with Mechanical Bonds ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon Project
- July 10, 2019 [Press] Tensile strength of carbon nanotubes depends on their chiral structures ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon Project
- June 26, 2019 [Press] Living annulative π-extension polymerization for graphene nanoribbon synthesis ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon Project
- June 13, 2019 [Press] Mechanical vibration generated by electron spins SAITOH Spin Quantum Rectification Project
- May 31, 2019 [Press] Organic laser diodes move from dream to reality ADACHI Molecular Exciton Engineering Project
- April 11, 2019 [Event] 2019 Hermann Anton Haus Lecture (MIT) MINOSHIMA Intelligent Optical Synthesizer Project
News2018
- January 15, 2019 [Event] International Symposium “Toward Game-Changing Molecular Materials” ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon Project
- January 8, 2019 [Press] A Cuttable Wireless Power Transfer Sheet KAWAHARA Universal Information Network Project
- November 5, 2018 [Article] Types and origins of bacterial membrane vesicles (Nature Reviews Microbiology) NOMURA Microbial Community Control Project
- September 24, 2018 [Press] Breakthrough in blending metals YAMAMOTO Atom Hybrid Project
- September 18, 2018 [Press] How a tetrahedral substance can be more symmetrical than a spherical atom YAMAMOTO Atom Hybrid Project
- September 17, 2018 [Press] Concyclic CH-π arrays for single-axis rotations of a bowl in a tube ISOBE Degenerate π-Integration Project
- August 6, 2018 [Press] Thermal radiation from red-hot carbon nanotubes ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon Project
- July 31, 2018 [Press] Improvement of humanlike conversations in humanoid robots ISHIGURO Symbiotic Human-robot Interaction Project
- April 11, 2018 [Press] Stop and smell the fruit: How diet affected primate evolution TOUHARA Chemosensory Signal Project
News2017
- March 30, 2018 [Press] Identification of an intra- and inter-specific tear protein signal in rodents TOUHARA Chemosensory Signal Project
- March 16, 2018 [Press] Near-Infrared Photoactivatable Oxygenation Catalysts of Amyloid Peptide KANAI Life Science Catalysis Project
- February 8, 2018 [Press] “Zipping-up” rings to make nanographenes ~ A fast and efficient method for graphene nanoribbon synthesis ~ ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon Project
- February 2, 2018 [Press] Electro-mechano-optical NMR detection NAKAMURA Macroscopic Quantum Machines Project
- January 10, 2018 [Press] Development of egg white-based strong hydrogel via ordered protein condensation IYODA Supra-integrated Material Project
- August 25, 2017 [Press] Development of production technology of high-performance enzymes for the industrial utilization ASANO Active Enzyme Molecule Project
- August 24, 2017 [Event] JST Joint Symposium: New Trends in Optical Frequency Comb Metrology MINOSHIMA Intelligent Optical Synthesizer Project
- August 3, 2017 [Event] International Symposium “International ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Symposium 2017” ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon Project
- August 2, 2017 [Press] One-Nanometer Trimetallic Alloy Particles Created YAMAMOTO Atom Hybrid Project
News2016
- April 26, 2016 NEC, NEC TOKIN and Tohoku University develop a spin Seebeck thermoelectric device with conversion efficiency more than 10 times higher than existing methods SAITOH Spin Quantum Rectification Project
News2015
- February 27, 2016 Artificial control of exciplexes opens possibilities for new electronics ADACHI Molecular Exciton Engineering Project
- November 9, 2015 A printable, flexible, lightweight temperature sensor SOMEYA Bio-Harmonized Electronics Project
- June 26, 2015 Printable elastic conductors with a high conductivity for electronic textile applications SOMEYA Bio-Harmonized Electronics Project
News2014
- December 19, 2014 Biometric Information Sensor that directly adheres to the Body like a Compress~With Adhesive Gel, the Sensor will stay in contact even in motions~ SOMEYA Bio-Harmonized Electronics Project
- June 19, 2014 Report on JST ERATO International Symposium on 3D Tissue Fabrication TAKEUCHI Biohybrid Innovation Project
News2013
- March 17, 2014 Discovery of Cancer’s metabolic trick to escape from toxicity of anticancer drugs - Towards improvement of cancer chemotherapy SUEMATSU Gas Biology Project
- February 25, 2014 Antisense gene inhibition by phosphorothioate antisense oligonucleotide in Arabidopsis pollen tubes HIGASHIYAMA Live-Holonics Project
- February 10, 2014 “The world’s first flexible wireless organic sensor system” Disposable sensors that can electrically functionalize a Band-Aid or diapers Someya Bio-Harmonized Electronics Project
- October 3, 2013 Darwinian evolution of a translation-coupled RNA replication system in a cell-like compartment YOMO Dynamical Micro-scale Reaction Environment
- October 1, 2013 In vitro evolution of α-hemolysin using a liposome display YOMO Dynamical Micro-scale Reaction Environment
- July 25, 2013 “Imperceptible electronics that are lighter than a feather” SOMEYA Bio-Harmonized Electronics Project
- July 11, 2013 Characterization of H7N9 influenza A viruses isolated from humans KAWAOKA Infection-induced Host Responses Project
- May 14, 2013 Generation of Engraftable Hematopoietic Stem Cells From Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Way of Teratoma Formation NAKAUCHI Stem Cell and Organ Regeneration Project
- April 8, 2013 Visualization of an endogenous retinoic acid gradient across embryonic development MIYAWAKI Life Function Dynamics Project
- April 1, 2013 Metre-long cell-laden microfibres exhibit tissue morphologies and functions Takeuchi Biohybrid Innovation Project
News2012
- February 20, 2013 Blastocyst complementation generates exogenic pancreas in vivo in apancreatic cloned pigs NAKAUCHI Stem Cell and Organ Regeneration Project
- October 9, 2012 “Offspring from Oocytes Derived from in vitro Primordial Germ Cell-like Cells in Mice” SAITOU Totipotent Epigenome Project
- July 18, 2012 “Microfluidic Control of the Internal Morphology in Nanofiber-based Macroscopic Cables” TAKEUCHI Biohybrid Innovation Project
- June 25, 2012 “Mesoscopic architectures of porous coordination polymers fabricated by pseudomorphic replication” KITAGAWA Integrated Pores Project
- June 13, 2012 “Infants prefer the faces of strangers or mothers to morphed faces: an uncanny valley between social novelty and familiarity?” OKANOYA Emotional Information Project