• 2024/3/11

    Assessment of Seafloor Methane Dynamics in Gas Hydrate Area
    – Coexistence of aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophs is key to methane consumption –

  • 2024/2/8

    Development of New Thermoelectric Materials that Generate Electricity Perpendicular to Heat Flow
    – Expectations for new maintenance-free thermoelectric modules that do not degrade the electrode interface –

  • 2023/10/17

    Demonstrating Performance of Organic Liquid Fertilizer Made by Microorganisms in Hydroponic Tomato Cultivation
    – Contributing to resource recycling by upcycling nitrogen in waste –

  • 2023/05/16

    Development of a New Treatment Process for Ironworks Wastewater Containing High Concentrations of Nitrate
    – New membrane separation activated sludge process using factory infrastructure –

  • 2023/04/06

    Development of an Efficient and Stable Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis even under Fluctuating Hydrogen Supply Conditions
    – Oriented to high performance ammonia synthesis integrated with electrolytic hydrogen production using renewable energy –

  • 2023/03/16

    Development of Technology to Produce Synthetic Gas from Atmospheric Concentration CO2 Using a Transition-metal-free Catalyst
    – A big step towards realization of liquid fuel and chemical production using CO2 as a raw material –

  • 2023/01/19

    World’s First Demonstration of a Hybrid Transistor Integrating GaN and SiC
    – Addressing the overvoltage vulnerability of GaN transistors –

  • 2022/10/07

    A mutual cooperation mechanism whereby symbiotic bacteria make pest insects resistant to insecticides
    – Host insects help symbiotic bacteria to detoxify insecticide –

  • 2022/07/20

    Treatment of Heavy Metal Containing Wastewater Using Microbes, Rice Husk, and Rice Bran
    – Optimization of wastewater treatment conditions by identifying key microbes –

  • 2022/06/02

    Development of High-speed Polishing Technology for Large Diameter SiC Wafers for Power Semiconductors
    – The faster lapping process of multiple wafers –

  • 2022/04/20

    Development of High-performance Electrode for Nanostructure-controlled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)
    – Achievement of world top-level power generation performance –

  • 2022/04/04

    Discovery of “a Bacterial Partnership” that Helps Restore Seabed Ecosystems
    – Useful for Environmental Conservation of the Coastal Seabed –

  • 2022/03/25

    Development of an SiC Monolithic Power IC
    – World's first integration of an SiC vertical MOSFET and an SiC CMOS onto a single chip! –

  • 2022/02/25

    Detection of Water Flow Available for Geothermal Power Generation from Component Analysis of Unfelt Microtremors
    – New monitoring technology for deep subsurface development such as geothermal development –

  • 2022/02/21

    Conversion of Organic Waste into Fertilizer with the Power of Microorganisms!
    – Efficient production of liquid fertilizer by microorganism recently discovered –

  • 2022/01/21

    Integration of Single-crystal Tunnel Junction Elements in LSI by 300 mm Wafer Bonding
    – A path to advancement of non-volatile memory MRAM –

  • 2021/12/10

    Development of a Catalyst Capable of Synthesizing Methanol from Carbon Dioxide at Low Temperature
    – Fundamental catalyst technology for carbon recycling –

  • 2021/11/19

    Development of a High-Concentration Methane Production Process from Atmospheric CO2
    – Direct synthesis of methane without pretreatment of CO2 capture and separation process –

  • 2021/10/26

    IoT-compatible Radiation Dosimeter for real-time and on-site monitoring
    – A system capable of monitoring large numbers of dosimeters and maintaining accuracy over long periods –

  • 2021/03/12

    Development of Technology to Spread High-efficiency Multijunction Solar Cells
    – Enables aluminum-containing materials to be utilized in solar cells, which was a challenge for low-cost growth methods –

  • 2021/03/02

    Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Energy-Saving Due to Restrictions with the COVID-19 Pandemic
    – Could promoting a teleworking style be an effective urban climate change adaptation strategy? –

  • 2021/01/13

    Microorganisms That Survived in Rock Stop Heavy Metalloid Contamination from Rock Mass
    – A step forward in development of selenium insolubilization technology that prevents environmental outflow of the pollutant selenium –

  • 2020/12/23

    Development of a Thermoelectric Conversion Material Using Silver Selenide that Exhibits High Performance at Near-Room Temperature
    – Realization of thermoelectric figure of merit ZT = 1.0 by controlling the crystal structure in the nanometer range –

  • 2020/12/03

    Measurement of Soot Particles Deposited on the Ground Over the Past 20 Years
    – Newly acquired long-term records for the evaluation of a snow-darkening effect in climate-change models –

  • 2020/11/05

    Publication of Documents on Safety Assessment Methods for Cellulose Nanofibers
    – Support for related companies in self-management of safety and helping to promote practical applications of cellulose nanofibers –

  • 2020/09/04

    Demonstration of a Hydrogen Supply Chain and a Hydrogen Co-firing Engine Generator System
    – Promoting the use of renewable energy and hydrogen in Fukushima Prefecture –

  • 2020/08/31

    Development of Standard Reference Module with High Durability and Reliability for Thermoelectric Power Generation Tests
    – Promotion of higher reliability of measurement technology, and use in international standardization activities of power generation performance tests –

  • 2020/08/14

    World's First Measurement of Strength and Stiffness of Natural Gas Hydrate Deposits in Shallow Surface Layers of the Deep Seafloor
    – Acquisition of key physical properties related to the development of recovery technology of massive gas hydrates –

  • 2020/02/05

    Small Minority Microbes in Activated Sludge Influence the Overall Wastewater Treatment Performance
    – New analysis approach for understanding reaction mechanisms in the environment based on the microbial genetic diversity –

  • 01/08/2020

    Development of SiC-based Next Generation Transistor Structures
    – Significant reduction of on-resistance, which is an index of transistor efficiency –

  • 12/23/2019

    Development of Oxide Cathode Materials for 4 V Class Potassium-Ion Batteries
    – Towards a new low-cost storage battery system using abundant potassium –

  • 12/12/2019

    Highly Selective Synthesis of a Raw Material of Nylon by Oxidation of Cyclohexane at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure
    – Realizing highly difficult C-H bond cleavage and a selective reaction with a semiconductor photoelectrode that uses sunlight –

  • 12/04/2019

    Diverse Types of Microorganisms Work Together to Stably Degrade 1,4-dioxane, a Recalcitrant Pollutant in Industrial Wastewater
    – The roles of unknown microorganisms in the natural environment identified by using a new high-sensitivity stable isotope tracing technique –

  • 2024.03.11 Assessment of Seafloor Methane Dynamics in Gas Hydrate Area
    – Coexistence of aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophs is key to methane consumption –
  • 2024.02.08 Development of New Thermoelectric Materials that Generate Electricity Perpendicular to Heat Flow
    – Expectations for new maintenance-free thermoelectric modules that do not degrade the electrode interface –
  • 2021.01.15 ASEC Open Symposium 2021
  • 2020.10.09 Leaders' Summary in 2nd RD20 had been adopted.
  • 2020.06.16 METI news release: Tokyo Zero-emission Innovation Bay Holds its First General Assembly
  • 2020.06.02 METI news release: AIST to Establish “Tokyo Zero-emission Innovation Bay”