Tag: Tokyo Institute of Technology

Sorting out priorities: How freedom of choice adds value to public goods

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An experimental game reveals that having the freedom to choose preferred public goods greatly increases their value by motivating more, and better, provisioning. From climate and biodiversity to public health and law enforcement, public goods benefit all. They are produced or maintained through widespread participation in public-goods provision that is vulnerable to low participation rates. Read more about Sorting out priorities: How freedom of choice adds value to public goods[…]

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Conquering a Complex Math Problem with a Novel Process Architecture

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have designed a novel processor architecture that can solve combinatorial optimization problems much faster than existing ones. Combinatorial optimization are complex problems that show up across many different fields of science and engineering and are difficult for conventional computers to handle, making specialized processor architectures very important. The power Read more about Conquering a Complex Math Problem with a Novel Process Architecture[…]

Construction of nanotubes from protein crystals

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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have succeeded in constructing protein nanotubes from tiny scaffolds made by cross-linking of engineered protein crystals. The achievement could accelerate the development of artificial enzymes, nano-sized carriers and delivery systems for a host of biomedical and biotechnological applications. An innovative way for assembly of proteins into well-ordered Read more about Construction of nanotubes from protein crystals[…]

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Across the metal–molecule interface: Observing fluctuations on the single-molecule scale

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a technique for analyzing structural and electronic fluctuations on the single-molecule scale across the metal–molecule interface in an organic electronic device. This technique provides information that cannot be obtained using the conventional method, and it has important implications for devices such as organic solar cells. Read more about Across the metal–molecule interface: Observing fluctuations on the single-molecule scale[…]

Superconductivity found in thin films of titanium oxide

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Researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered superconductivity in thin films of titanium oxide (Ti4O7) and gamma-phase trititanium pentoxide (γ-Ti3O5). The achievement advances fundamental knowledge of nanomaterials that could one day be used in the development of ultrafast computers. Many of us are familiar with titanium dioxide (TiO2), a whitener commonly used Read more about Superconductivity found in thin films of titanium oxide[…]

One-Nanometer Trimetallic Alloy Particles Created

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A researcher group of Tokyo Institute of Technology succeeded in developing precisely controlled alloy nanoparticles “multimetallic nanoclusters (MNCs)” made of three metals: copper, platinum, and gold. They also discovered that MNCs show catalytic activity that is 24 times greater than commercially available carbon-supported platinum catalysts in the oxidization of hydrocarbons using oxygen in the air. Read more about One-Nanometer Trimetallic Alloy Particles Created[…]

New carbon nitride material coupled with ruthenium enhances visible-light CO2 reduction in water

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The research group at Tokyo Institute of Technology has found a hybrid photocatalyst exhibits specifically high activity for the reductive conversion reaction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to formic acid under visible light irradiation. With the on-going depletion of fossil fuels, the rise in greenhouse gases, the issue of how to make clean, safe and affordable Read more about New carbon nitride material coupled with ruthenium enhances visible-light CO2 reduction in water[…]

Transparent ceramics make super-hard windows

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Scientists have synthesised the first transparent sample of a popular industrial ceramic at DESY. The result is a super-hard window made of cubic silicon nitride that can potentially be used under extreme conditions like engines, as the Japanese-German team writes in the journal Scientific Reports. Cubic silicon nitride (c-Si3N4) forms under high pressure and is Read more about Transparent ceramics make super-hard windows[…]

TSUBAME3.0 – The next-generation supercomputer set to meet the surge in demand for artificial intelligence applications

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With 47.2 petaflops performance at half precision set to meet the surge in demand for artificial intelligence applications. The Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) Global Scientific Information and Computing Center (GSIC) has started development and construction of TSUBAME3.0 [1]—the next-generation supercomputer that is scheduled to start operating in the summer of 2017. The theoretical Read more about TSUBAME3.0 – The next-generation supercomputer set to meet the surge in demand for artificial intelligence applications[…]

“Tough Robots” empowered by high-power artificial muscle that can be used at extreme disaster sites

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As part of the Impulsing PAradigm Change through disruptive Technologies Program (ImPACT) Tough Robotics Challenge (Program Manager: Satoshi Tadokoro), which is an initiative of the Cabinet Office Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, the research team including Professor Koichi Suzumori from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Dr. Ryo Sakurai from Bridgestone Corporation succeeded in Read more about “Tough Robots” empowered by high-power artificial muscle that can be used at extreme disaster sites[…]

Prototype of flexible and wearable terahertz scanner

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a portable and wearable terahertz scanning device made using arrays of carbon nanotubes, for applications including non-invasive inspection of equipment such as syringes, and imaging of cancer cells, blood clots, and teeth. Imaging devices based on terahertz waves show promise for noninvasive inspection of solid objects and Read more about Prototype of flexible and wearable terahertz scanner[…]