28 Current news from japan
rss12-14-2011
Analytik Jena AG is expanding its product range in Japan, the world’s third-largest market for analytical measurement technology. As part of a sales partnership with Japanese company Techno-X, the Japanese subsidiary of the Jena-based Group will in future offer instruments for X-ray ...
04-13-2011
RIKEN and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) have cut the ribbon on a new cutting-edge X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility in Harima, the first such facility in Japan and only the second in the whole world. Nicknamed “SACLA” (SPring-8 Angstrom Compact Free ...
01-28-2011
Certain types of pollution monitoring may soon become considerably easier. A group of researchers centered at Kyoto University has shown in a recent Nature Communications paper that a newly-formulated entangled framework of porous crystals (porous coordination polymers, or PCPs) can not ...
11-11-2010
A timely review analyzing the correlation of synthesis methods and physical properties of single-layer and few-layered graphene flakes. A review of methods used for synthesizing both single and few-layer graphene and the resulting properties is presented by C.N.R. Rao and colleagues at the ...
10-13-2010
Knowing how to build nanosized assemblies of polymers (long molecular chains) holds the key to improving a broad range of industrial processes, from the production of nanofibers, filters, and new materials to the manufacture of low-energy, nanoscale circuits and devices. A recent paper in ...
New PV laboratory in Japan offers full portfolio of services and enables manufacturers to speed up their time to market
09-10-2010
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) announced the opening of a testing and certification facility for photovoltaic (PV) equipment in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. In addition to offering performance and safety testing services for PV equipment in Japan, the facility will provide technical ...
08-05-2010
Malvern Instruments is extending its direct operations in Japan and has concluded an agreement with Sysmex Corporation, the current distributor of its laboratory-based particle characterization systems, to transfer responsibility for sales and support to Malvern Instruments Japan. Malvern ...
07-28-2010
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced a collaboration that aims to introduce mass spectrometry-based workflows and technologies into Japan to advance personalized medicine and healthcare. The intent of the collaboration between Thermo Fisher's Biomarker Research Initiatives in ...
07-26-2010
A new approach for sensing and detecting cancer cells using a hydrogel capsule could lead to a more accurate prognosis of prostate cancer. Itaru Hamachi and his team at Kyoto University, Japan, have designed a mechanically tough hydrogel that forms a stable capsule in both aqueous and ...
06-18-2010
Researchers in Japan and Italy have developed new methods for biological analysis with dramatically higher sensitivity and detail than earlier techniques, expanding our understanding of RNA and its function in the cell. Described in Nature Methods, the methods open the door to the study of ...
