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Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryEnvironment & Sustainability

Where do microplastics go once they sink into the ocean? Researchers succeed in detecting and tracking microplastics across varying ocean depths

Professor Atsuhiko Isobe

Research Institute for Applied Mechanics

2025.12.02

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

Controlling next-generation energy conversion materials with simple pressure New study provides guidelines on creating photoreactive molecules that are sensitive to mechanical stimuli using flexible linkers

Professor Gaku Fukuhara

Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering

2025.11.04

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryEnvironment & Sustainability

As global warming worsens, so may space communications Higher CO? concentrations in the atmosphere increase the strength of sporadic-E and lower the altitude at which it occurs

Professor Huixin Liu

Faculty of Sciences

2025.10.27

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsEnvironment & Sustainability

Boosting fuel cell efficiency with water vapor Hydration doubles oxide-ion conductivity in Ba7Nb4MoO20, a promising material for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

Professor Hiroshige Matsumoto

International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research Advanced Energy Conversion Systems Thrust

2025.09.02

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Researchers succeed in building a low temperature hydrogen fuel cell, thanks to a scandium superhighway 天涯社区 researchers develop a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with the high proton conductivity at 300°C

Professor Yoshihiro Yamazaki

天涯社区 Platform of Inter-/Transdisciplinary Energy Research

2025.08.08

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Dual-Function Organic Molecule May Advance Display Technologies and Medical Imaging Researchers overcome a long-standing molecular design challenge by realizing efficient light emission and photon absorption in the same compound.

Professor Chihaya Adachi / Assistant Professor Youhei Chitose

Faculty of Engineering

2025.08.08

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Visualizing the Mechanics of Hormone-Driven Gene Activation: Insights into Breast Cancer

Professor Ayumi Matsushima

Faculty of Sciences

2025.08.04

Research ResultsLife & HealthPhysics & Chemistry

Uncovering the mechanism behind dual-end cleavage in transfer RNAs Advancing synthetic biology and biotechnology, a study reveals how a 12-unit enzyme complex precisely cuts both ends of transfer RNA

Faculty of Agriculture

Assistant Professor Takamasa Teramoto / Professor Yoshimitsu Kakuta

2025.07.04

Research ResultsLife & HealthPhysics & Chemistry

Scientists discover the ‘ticking’ mechanism driving nature’s simplest circadian clock New research reveals that circadian clock protein KaiC regulates phosphorylation to keep time in cyanobacteria.

Associate Professor Toshifumi Mori

Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering

2025.06.13

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

A new model to accurately develop better OLEDs Researchers develop a new analytical model detailing the kinetics of the exciton dynamics in TADF materials, the primary component in OLEDs

Professor Adachi Chihaya

Faculty of Engineering

2025.05.30

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryEnvironment & Sustainability

Clouding the forecast: study reveals why so many climate models are wrong about the rate of Arctic warming The key may lie in wintertime Arctic clouds, as climate models underestimate how much liquid they contain and how much heat they trap, leading to skewed warming predictions.

Associate Professor Takuro Michibata

Research Institute for Applied Mechanics

2025.05.20

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryTechnology

Enhanced activity in the upper atmosphere of Sporadic E layers during the 2024 Mother’s Day super geomagnetic storm New study reveals the impact of the Mother’s Day geomagnetic storm on the Sporadic E layers that could disrupt radio communications and navigation systems

Professor Liu Huixin

Faculty of Science

2025.05.13

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsTechnology

Simulating the fluid dynamics of moving cells to map its location Researchers simulate the fluid dynamics of flowing biological cells and propose a new technique for cell separation, drug screening, and developing artificial hearts

Associate Professor Naoki Takeishi

Faculty of Engineering

2025.04.10

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryTechnology

In ancient stellar nurseries, some stars are born of fluffy clouds Observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud: insights into star formation in early-universe-like environments

Post‐doctoral Fellow Kazuki Tokuda

Faculty of Science

2025.02.20

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

Life’s building blocks in Bennu samples Japanese collaborators detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

Professor Hiroshi Naraoka

Faculty of Science

2025.02.07

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

An overlooked nuclear force helps keep matter stable Scientists reveal that the three-nucleon force has a stronger than anticipated impact on the stability of an atom’s nucleus, with ramifications across astrophysics and quantum technology

Assistant Professor Tokuro Fukui

Faculty of Arts and Science

2025.01.28

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsEnvironment & Sustainability

Harnessing microwave flow reaction to convert biomass into useful sugars Selective catalyst heating enables effective hydrolysis of biomass.

Associate Professor Shuntaro Tsubaki

Faculty of Agriculture

2025.01.10

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsTechnology

Beyond 5G, accelerating the world of ultra-high-speed optical data transmission Researchers develop a new ultrahigh-speed optical modulator that can operate at more than 10 times the speed of current devices

Professor Shiyoshi Yokoyama

Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering

2025.01.07

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Dynamics of structural transformation for liquid crystalline blue phases Researchers explore the transformation dynamics of cubic liquid crystals using direct simulation and machine learning, offering new possibilities for advanced materials development

Professor Jun-ichi Fukuda

Faculty of Science

2024.12.03

Research ResultsPhysics & Chemistry

Improving energy production by boosting singlet fission process Singlet fission can be promoted by chiral molecular self-assemblies that absorb light

Professor Nobuo Kimizuka

Faculty of Engineering

2024.11.01