Saticine Medical Co. Ltd. recently succeeded in extracting an oil-soluble polyphenol from sweet potato. The company has verified the polyphenol to be a low-molecular-weight, oil-soluble material with excellent bioavailability and...
Innovation
Kyoto University Uses New Catalyst to Achieve High-Yield Synthesis of Acetic Acid From Ethanol
A research group within Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies recently announced its development of a new method for the synthesis of acetic acid from an ethanol–water...
GEI Reaches Deals to Mass-Produce Bio-Based Amino Acids, Moves Toward Commercialization of Methionine
Green Earth Institute Co. Ltd. (GEI) is getting ready to commercialize amino acid and raw materials for cosmetics. The Tokyo bioventure has reached deals to mass-produce alanine and valine, which...
Japanese–US Research Group Identifies Key LED Conditions for Metabolic Reprogramming in Vegetables
Headway is being made in research toward greater production efficiency and quality for vegetables produced in vertical farms, making use of more effective irradiation setups with regard to LED light...
Ube Industries Develops New Urethane Resin for Preventing Concrete Deterioration
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) has developed a new urethane resin with improved coating toughness and transparency for use with building materials in civil engineering. The new resin can be used...
Bridgestone Successfully Bonds Rubber and Resin at Molecular Level for Superior Performance
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has developed copolymerization technology that sees rubber and resin elements bonded at the molecular level. This represents the world’s first success in the copolymerization of conjugated dienes...
Kishida Applies Materials Informatics for Next-Gen Electrolyte Development
Kishida Chemical Co. Ltd. is putting materials informatics (MI) to use to speed up development for a range of next-generation electrolytes, including those for use in lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). Recently,...
JXTG Develops New Liquid Crystal Polymer Able to Help Minimize Signal Loss
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. has developed a new liquid crystal polymer (LCP) able to minimize the signal loss that accompanies high-speed transmissions and communications. The material’s dielectric tangent...
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Forms Text Mining Team to Leverage Advanced Digital Technology
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) announced on May 8 the creation of a new organization tasked with text mining, a statistical method of analyzing written language. The company’s Emerging Technology...
Kyoto University Helps Form International Microbiota Farming Team
Kyoto University has helped form an international research team to facilitate sustainable farming with microbiota, a diverse community of microorganisms that exists in all multicellular living things. The researchers have...
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Team Develops Simple and Safe Way to Mass-Produce Immune Cells
A team led by Professor Hajime Karasuyama and Associate Professor Yohei Kawano of Tokyo Medical and Dental University has developed a way to use mice to quickly, simply and safely...
Toray Considers Seven Key Themes for New R&D Base
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) is setting out to conduct R&D initiatives for a number of cutting-edge materials, including process materials used in the production of biopharmaceuticals. The company will be...
Idemitsu Kosan Targets Big Business With Oxide Semiconductor Materials for OLED Displays
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (TYO:5019) has been at work on the development of oxide semiconductor materials with superior electron mobility, aiming to bring these to early commercialization in the display...
Nisshinbo Reveals Activation Factor of PEFC Carbon Alloy Catalyst
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (TYO:3105) has revealed the carbon structure of a carbon alloy catalyst for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEFCs) that the company developed with Professor Junichi Ozaki of...
Toray to Introduce AI in Film Production Lines
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...
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...
