Mass-production of high-performance surfactants from non-edible biomass using...
Researchers at AIST have established the technology to mass-produce naturally-derived high-performance surfactants called "biosurfactants" from non-edible biomass.
View ArticleDiscovery of complex symbiotic system comprising the metabolic pathways of...
Researchers from AIST, in collaboration with the University of Montana (USA), the Open University of Japan, and others, have discovered that two types of bacteria with extremely reduced genomes...
View ArticleA CIGS photovoltaic sub-module with conversion efficiency of 18.34 percent
CIGS photovoltaic modules and sub-modules generally utilize an integrated structural design that takes advantage of the characteristics of thin-film photovoltaic cells. In a project commissioned by the...
View ArticleGuides for increasing the efficiency of organic solar cells
AIST researchers have calculated the theoretical limit of the photoelectric conversion efficiency of organic solar cells, which have gained attention as a new generation of solar cells.
View ArticleHeated ion implantation technology realizes low resistance of an ultra-thin fin
Japanese researchers at AIST led by Meishoku Masahara have developed a low-resistance source/drain formation technology that can be applied in the finFETs of 14-nm generation and beyond.
View ArticleStrengthening weak cohesive forces among molecules and atoms by light
Researchers led by Yoshiyuki Miyamoto predicted from numerical simulations that weak cohesive forces acting among molecules and atoms that are not chemically bonded can be strengthened by irradiation...
View ArticleHigh-performance computing crossing the barriers between clouds achieved
The Information Technology Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology has developed a technology with which once an environment to perform...
View ArticleDrastic reduction in the use of synthetic surfactants with power from...
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, in collaboration with Kaneka Corporation, have discovered that a cyclic peptide (surfactin) produced from Bacillus...
View ArticleTwo-element atomic chain synthesized using microscopic space inside a carbon...
Kazutomo Suenaga of the Nanotube Research Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Ryosuke Senga of the Nano-carbon Characterization Team, NTRC, AIST, have...
View ArticleEfficient synthesis of polyurethane raw materials from carbon dioxide
Japanese researchers have developed a new, high-yield reaction process to obtain aromatic urethane from carbon dioxide (CO2), amine, and tin alkoxide. Aromatic urethane compounds are chemical...
View ArticlePower generation technology for ammonia combustion in a gas turbine
Researchers have successfully generated 21 kW of power using a gas turbine driven by bifuel where kerosene equivalent to 30 % was replaced by ammonia in a commissioned research under the Energy Carrier...
View ArticleUsing soft X-ray emission spectroscopy to reveal the behavior of electrons...
Researchers have used soft X-ray emission spectroscopy to reveal the detailed electronic structure of a cathode (positive electrode) material when charging and discharging a lithium-ion battery.
View ArticleGreatly improving polycrystalline germanium transistor properties
A research collaborative has developed a new polycrystalline film-forming technology to achieve a three-dimensional (3D) stacking technology for large-scale integrated circuits (LSIs), greatly...
View ArticleDevelopment of an image sensor for an infrared color night-vision camera
Researchers have developed an image sensor for infrared color night-vision imaging in collaboration with Sharp Corporation (Sharp; Division Deputy General Manager & Unit General Manager, Sensing...
View ArticleDemonstration of enhanced performance and long-term reliability of tunnel...
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have demonstrated the enhanced performance and high reliability of tunnel transistors (tunnel FETs), which are...
View ArticleTunnel FET having a new architecture with potential for substantial...
Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have demonstrated the operation of a synthetic electric field tunnel field-effect transistor with a new...
View ArticleNovel biological function of polyester in insect-bacterium symbiosis
Researchers from AIST have demonstrated that an intestinal symbiotic bacterium, which has beneficial effects on the growth and reproduction of the bean bug (Riptortus pedestris) known as a soybean...
View ArticleDevelopment of technology for producing micro-scale interconnect from...
Researchers from AIST have developed a low-resistivity and highly reliable interconnect using multi-layer graphene, which is a two-dimensional nanocarbon material.
View ArticleResearchers develop industrial gasket with excellent sealing properties and...
Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed an industrial-use sheet gasket by alternately laminating composite films of clay and...
View ArticleDatabase offers graphic display of sensory characteristics of vision,...
Researchers with AIST have constructed a "Database of sensory characteristics of older persons and persons with disabilities" (Fig. 1).
View ArticleReal-time blood testing using fingertip-penetrating light
A research team has developed a prototype spectrometer which provides non-invasive testing of substances in blood by means of gathering weak body-penetrating light effectively.
View ArticleImaging technique for performance distribution of organic transistor arrays
Researchers in Japan have developed a new imaging technique for collective inspection of performance distribution of organic transistors. The technique drastically reduces the inspection time in the...
View ArticleUnique mechanism for symbiont acquisition in stink bugs, a group of notorious...
Yoshitomo Kikuchi and research collaborators have shown that stink bugs, known as agricultural pests, select only a specific symbiotic bacterium among various bacteria ingested with food by the narrow...
View ArticleNew technique for advanced printed electronics
Researchers have developed a fabrication technique for single-crystalline thin-film arrays of an organic ferroelectric small molecules working as a memory device by using a solution process under...
View ArticleResearchers develop LED covering full visible light spectrum
Researchers have developed the first standard LED covering the full visible light, in collaboration with Nichia Corporation.
View ArticleFrequency stabilization of magnetic tunnel junction based microwave oscillator
Spintronics researchers have developed a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit designed to stabilize the oscillation frequency of a spin torque oscillator (STO), and demonstrated generation of a highly...
View ArticleDevelopment of standard gas barrier films to evaluate ultrahigh gas barrier...
Hajime Yoshida (Senior Researcher), the Pressure and Vacuum Standards Group, the Research Institute for Engineering Measurement (Director: Toshiyuki Takatsuji), the National Institute of Advanced...
View ArticleCompletion of the Eastern Asia earthquake and volcanic hazards information map
Shinji Takarada and members of the Caldera Volcano Research Group, the Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, the Geological Survey of Japan, the National Institute of Advanced...
View ArticleMotion-assist devices for sensorimotor learning using a rat experimental model
Researchers have demonstrated that learning effectiveness can be improved by assisting stimulus-response motion in a timely manner. Rats learned more rapidly when an external force was applied to cause...
View ArticleDevelopment of technique for one-pot synthesis of siloxane bonds
AIST has developed a one-pot synthesis technique that selectively forms siloxane bonds which form the main skeleton of organosilicon materials, in order to synthesize structurally well-defined siloxane...
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