Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) has set to work on leveraging AI at its film production plants. In an effort to improve quality and yield, the company plans to use AI...
Innovation
Seiko Advance Develops Screen Ink With Design Changing Capabilities on Jet-Black Base
Seiko Advance Ltd. has developed a screen ink that allows for changing design patterns on a jet-black base. The company will market the product for uses that demand high-class design,...
SoftBank, NIMS Look to Commercialize Lithium–Air “Dream Battery” by 2025
SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a joint research center to develop advanced...
Memory T Cells Found to Alter Immunological Response Based on Intensity of Antigenic Stimulation
An international research group formed by the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken), Osaka University and Yale University has discovered that the strength at which memory T cells are...
JXTG Develops Ultra-Fine Nonwoven Polyolefin Fabric
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. has developed a proprietary technology capable of manufacturing nonwoven polyolefin fabric with a finer mesh than ever previously achieved. This new technology will enable...
NGK Insulators Moves Toward Full-Fledged Development of All-Solid-State Batteries for Cars
NGK Insulators Ltd. (TYO:5333) is embarking on the development of automotive batteries. Setting up a dedicated organization within the company to pursue this, the Japanese manufacture plans to undertake full-fledged...
Tohoku University Team Gives Robots Sensory Capacity Comparable to Human Skin
A team led by Associate Professor Masanori Muroyama of the Micro System Integration Center (uSIC) at Tohoku University is working to put into practical application a tactile sensor that enables...
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Moves Toward Mass Production of Solid Electrolytes With Coating Process
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. (TYO:4182) is accelerating its development of solid electrolytes. Through a simple technique using organic solvent, the company has overcome bottleneck issues associated with the transition...
Sumitomo Chemical Develops New Resin for Comfortable Clothing
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) is entering the market for comfortable clothing materials with the development of a new resin that can regulate temperature. Existing thermal clothing is made of...
Chuo Kaseihin to Offer New, Lightweight EMC Solution for Automobiles
Chuo Kaseihin Co. Inc. will begin promoting its solution for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) to the automotive industry. Called CSS, the technology uses a metallic spray on resin substrates to suppress...
Toray Fiber Technology Exerts Full Control Over Proteins, Health Care Applications
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) will provide the health care sector with technology that controls the surface structure of hollow fiber membranes and fibers to inhibit protein adsorption and otherwise selectively...
Consortium Develops NOx Purification Catalyst for Better Fuel Efficiency
The Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC), the University of Tokyo, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. have collaborated to develop a temperature-resistant...
Ricoh Accelerates Development of New High-Capacity Storage Batteries
Ricoh Co. Ltd. (TYO:7752) is set to accelerate its development of new storage batteries for use in a wide range of applications that will include smartphones and automobiles. Through this...
AIST Develops Adhesive Able to Withstand Repeated Use
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has announced the development of an adhesive that can be used repeatedly. This long-awaited adhesive could prove a boon for...
Kureha Streamlines Shale Gas Extraction with New Frac Plug
Kureha Corp. (TYO:4023) has developed a new component for drilling shale oil and gas: a frac plug to be used in hydraulic fracturing. Commonly known as fracking, hydraulic fracturing is...
Toray Raises RFID Tag Potential with Printable CNTs
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) has achieved the highest electron mobility in the world for a printable semiconductor by combining semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with the company’s own semiconducting polymers....
AIST, Gisen Develop Technology Allowing Car Interior Panels to Use 50% Wood
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has worked with Gisen Co Ltd. and automotive parts makers to develop a manufacturing technology for the production of high-performance...
AIST Uses AI to Forecast Catalytic Reaction Yield
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed a technology that employs artificial intelligence (AI) to forecast the yield of catalytic reactions used in organic synthesis....
JXTG Develops New Technology That Applies Metal-Level EMC to Resin Products
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. has developed technology capable of applying metal-equivalent electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) to resin molded products. The Japanese petroleum company aims to promote the product primarily...
Shiseido Advances Alternative to Animal Testing for Systemic Toxicity Checks
Shiseido Co. Ltd. (TYO:4911) is aiming to create a method that would allow it to, without the use of animal testing, evaluate the systemic toxicity effects of cosmetics ingredients on...
