2021.06.18 Press Release Separating natural and man-made pollutants in the air Japanese researchers show the major drop in atmospheric nitrogen oxide levels in 2020 in India was the result of the COVID-19 lockdown
2021.06.18 Press Release Earlier flood forecasting could help avoid disaster in Japan Researchers from The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science develop a flood forecasting system that could help protect people and property during typhoons
2021.06.16 Press Release Particles with ‘eyes’ allow a closer look at rotational dynamics Researchers from The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science report colloidal spheres that can be used to determine the rotational dynamics of dense suspensions.
2021.06.01 Press Release Closer hardware systems bring the future of artificial intelligence into view Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo, Kobe Steel, Ltd, and Kobelco Research Institute, Inc, develop high-density, energy-efficient 3D embedded RAM for artificial intelligence applications
2021.05.25 Press Release Food Scraps Get a Bold New Life Researchers at The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science repurpose food waste to build materials with a bending strength comparable to concrete and that still taste good.
2021.05.07 Press Release Domino-like crystallization of glass Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have shown how glasses that apparently look frozen can crystallize, which could contribute to the improvement of the stability of glassy materials
2021.04.14 Press Release Simple Chemistry will Enhance the Sustainability of Concrete Production Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo examined a new method of producing concrete via direct bonding of sand particles, which may help reduce greenhouse emissions and even construct a Moon base.
2021.04.02 Press Release Replacing what was lost: A novel cell therapy for type I diabetes mellitus Researchers from The University of Tokyo develop a novel device for the safe and effective transplantation of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived pancreatic beta-cells in type I diabetes mellitus
2021.03.31 Press Release Flood risk uncertainties assessed at the global scale Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo calculate sources of uncertainty in flood risks to improve global flood predictions
2021.03.24 Press Release E. Coli Calculus: Bacteria Find the Derivative Optimally The University of Tokyo researchers use information theory to show that the accepted biochemical model of bacterial chemical sensing is mathematically equivalent to the optimal solution, with implications for microbiology and robotics