Archive for the ‘Technology’ Categories

The success of leading an impulse into an insulating body

Icon Written by admin on 22nd Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 The group of Tohoku University and so on succeeded in leading an impulse into an insulating body for the first time in the world. On March 11th, 2010, it put the result on the journal Nature. The electron itself doesn’t move, but the rolling of electron called as “spin” travels [...]

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New Energy Era starts!

Icon Written by admin on 20th Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Even if it is fine and if the sunshine is interrupted by cloud, the output of solar energy generation sometimes becomes about one third of its maximum output amount. If such an amount decreases suddenly, some plants may stop their operations and also massive power outage may take place. Therefore, [...]

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HITACHI developed the new positive-electrode material of manganese series for a lithium-ion battery with the twice lifespan.

Icon Written by admin on 15th Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On April 4th, 2010, HITACHI announced to have developed the new positive-electrode material of manganese series for a lithium-ion battery. Its lifespan is lengthened about twice of that of a usual one due to the new material. The company has an idea to manufacture a large cell with the new [...]

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New material is developed that its impedance becomes zero at the hottest temperature.

Icon Written by admin on 15th Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 The study group developed the new material that it becomes the superconducting state, which the impedance becomes zero, if it is cooled to an extremely lower temperature. The temperature, which it becomes the superconducting state, is 20 degrees Kelvin (minus 423.67 degrees F). It has been the hottest temperature until [...]

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Lithium-ion battery with 0.45mm in thick was developed.

Icon Written by admin on 8th Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 The study group in Mie-pref developed lithium-ion battery, which is 0.45mm thick. Of course, it is available to be charged. On February 23rd, 2010, Mie Industry and Enterprise Support Center announced this fact.
 The lithium-ion battery for the use of mobile phone and so on uses the volatile liquid in the [...]

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SS Pharmaceutical developed the new technology to produce a small tablet which is taken easier.

Icon Written by admin on 1st Apr 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On February 17th, 2010, SS Pharmaceutical, which is a daughter company of Boehringer Ingelheim, announced that the company developed the technology which smoothes the surface of small tablet in order patients to take it easier by making usage of film coating technology. It has been obstacle for a pharmaceutical company [...]

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Paper related to water decomposition by using photocatalyst was selected as Chem Soc Rev Top 10.

Icon Written by admin on 25th Mar 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Tokyo university announced that the following paper written by the study group of Professor Akihiko Kudo was selected in Chem Soc Rev Top 10 in 2009.
Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting
Akihiko Kudo and Yugo Miseki, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 253.
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/cs/News/2010/top_10_2009.asp
Tokyo University of Science
 ”Chem Soc Rev Top 10″ is the [...]

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Super Cleaning Technology without Medicinal Solution

Icon Written by admin on 23rd Mar 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 Assistant Professor Toshiyuki Sanada, Shizuoka University, announced that he developed the single wafer processing style cleaning technology without medicinal solution. He developed it as part of the subsidized projects of NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).
 It is to spray the mixture, which consists of moisture vapor and water. [...]

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Sales of Inspection Device with Goggle-like Display for Eye Doctors

Icon Written by admin on 18th Mar 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On January 26th, 2010, Olympus Visual Communications Corporation, the daughter company of Olympus Corporation, announced to sell the inspection device for eye doctors, which the company developed, from January 28th, 2010. The company adopted the goggle-like display into it, so its size is small. And therefore its installation space is [...]

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3D channels starts officially, and many makers provide 3D compatible TV sets.

Icon Written by admin on 18th Mar 2010 – JST(Asia/Tokyo)

 On January 27th, 2010, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, communications satellite broadcasting center, announced to establish the 3D (three-dimensional) channel in this summer. Behind this announcement is that various consumer-electronics makers in Japan begin to sell brand-new, 3D compatible TV sets from this spring. Other broadcasters in Japan are making efforts [...]

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