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Nikon announces Digital Sight 50M monochrome microscope camera for drug industry
Nikon today announced the release of the Digital Sight 50M monochrome microscope camera for conducting high precision analysis and large volume sampling for use in applications such as well plate screening. During drug discovery research, efficacy is required through high-throughput screening, which involves selecting and evaluating chemical compounds that possess the desired effect from a…
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Nissan unveils prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery cells
Nissan today unveiled its prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery cells, which Nissan aims to bring to market in 2028. This prototype facility, within the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, is aimed to further promote the development of all-solid-state-batteries.Under its long-term vision, Nissan Ambition 2030, Nissan aims to launch an EV with all-solid-state…
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Fujitsu, Toyo University and Amagasaki City leverage AI technology and psychological research in trial to protect senior citizens from phone fraud
Fujitsu, Toyo University, and Amagasaki City today announced the launch of Japan’s first joint research project leveraging converging technologies that combine AI techniques and psychological research into the emotional state of victims of phone fraud and other scams. The objective of the joint research will be the development of an AI model capable of detecting…
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Fujitsu and University of Tokyo Hospital Starts Joint Research into AI to Aid the Fight Against Heart Disease
Fujitsu has started joint clinical research with the University of Tokyo Hospital to verify the effectiveness of artificial intelligence technology to estimate abnormal heart movements based on electrocardiogram data. Since December 2019, Fujitsu has been making progress with research and development of proprietary AI technology in collaboration with the University of Tokyo Hospital. This research…
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Korean Researchers Develop Quantitative Measure of VR Sickness
A research team from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) today announced the development of a new technology for the first time that can quantitatively measure the degree of virtual reality (VR) sickness. Thus far, VR sickness has to be evaluated subjectively through questionnaires. The KRISS research team succeeded in quantitatively analyzing…
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Japanese Researchers Transplants Stem Cells into the Brain of a Patient to Cure Parkinson’s Disease
Japanese researchers have transplanted stem cells into the brain of a patient in the first stage of an innovative trial to cure Parkinson’s disease. The research team at Kyoto University injected 2.4 million induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells — which have the potential to develop into any cell in the body — into the left…
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South Korean technology recharges lithium-ion batteries faster with no risk of reduced capacity
South Korean researchers Prof. Kang Jeong-koo and Prof. Kim Yong-hoon at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), has developed a new type of graphene for lithium-ion batteries that can be recharged at a faster rate than conventional ones with no risk of reduced capacity. Conventional graphene is a two-dimensional atom-thin sheet of carbon…
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Japanese Researchers Organize Micro-Organisms to Help Japan Win Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
While athletes have long depended on nutritionists to put together the ideal diet to enhance their performance on the track, in the pool or on a court, a research team is delving deeper. If researchers can determine what the ideal composition of micro-organisms within the intestinal tract is for Japanese based on their diet, it…
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Japanese researchers succeeds in detecting cancer from a single drop of urine by using nematode worms
A team of Japanese researchers has succeeded in detecting cancer from urine by using nematode worms that are attracted by the smell of cancer. The novel cancer screening method can quickly tell whether a subject has cancer just by examining a single drop of urine, the team said. The breath and urine of people with…
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Japanese research team develops method to screen out versatile IPS cells
A Japanese research team has developed a method to screen out iPS cells that are particularly good at differentiating into body cells. The team believes the genes also play a role when the cells transform into other body cells. Experts have learned that some iPS cells are adept at differentiating, while others are not and…
