Hot Articles

(searched on 14 July, 2008)

• Force Density of Magnetic Bearings Using Superconducting Coils and Bulk Superconductors
  [Quarterly Report of RTRI, Vol.49(2008) No. 2 pp.127-132]

• Development of Conductive Organic Molecular Assemblies: Organic Metals, Superconductors, and Exotic Functional Materials
  [Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Vol.80 (2007) No.1 pp.1-137]

• Superconducting State in Electron-doped High-Temperature Superconductors
  [JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, Vol.74 (2005) No.2 pp.712-721]

--New superconductors open up the periodic table
The first of the new compounds, LaOFeAs doped with fluorine, was reported in February 2008 by Hideo Hosono and colleagues at the Tokyo Institute of Technology....[more]
[From the article of May 30, 2008 : Chemistry World]

(searched on June 27, 2008)

• The Development of Advanced Composite Material with Metal Adhered by an Ionic Bond to the Surface of a Woody Biomass
  [JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN, Vol.40 (2007), No.13 Online Special Issue for the International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Process in Energy Systems (IMPRES) pp.1319-1327]

• Fabrication of Composite Material Using Alumina Agglomerated Sludge and Aluminum Powder by Spark Plasma Sintering
  [JSME International Journal Series A, Vol.49 (2006), No. 1 Special Issue on Recent Advances in Materials and Processing [II] pp.91-94]

• Morphology of Spinels and Al2O3 Particles in an Al2O3/Al-Mg-Si Composite Material Revealed by Scanning Low Energy Electron Microscopy
  [MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS, Vol.47 (2006), No. 7 pp.1815-1820]

--Development of a Clay-Plastic Composite Material with Good Hydrogen Gas Barrier Property- Applicable to hydrogen tanks for aircraft, rockets, and cars -
http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/latest_research/2008/20080617/20080617.html
[From the press release of June 17, 2008: AIST]

(searched on June 3, 2008)

• Biodiversity of Dehalorespiring Bacteria with Special Emphasis on Polychlorinated Biphenyl/Dioxin Dechlorinators
  [Microbes and Environments, Vol.23 (2008), No.1 pp.1-12]

• Setting the Tempo in Land Remediation: Short-Term and Long-Term Patterns in Biodiversity Recovery
  [Microbes and Environments, Vol.23 (2008), No.1 pp.13-19]

• Relative Value of Agricultural Biodiversity on Diversified Farms: A Case Study in Donjaedee District, Suphanburi Province, Central Thailand
  [Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture, Vol.2 (2007), No.2 pp.86-91]

• Integration of Biodiversity Databases in Taiwan and Linkage to Global Databases
  [Data Science Journal, Vol.6 (2007) pp.S2-S10]

--Briefly: Nagoya to host cop 10 on biodiversity
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200806020071.html
[From the article of June 2, 2008: asahi.com]

(searched on May 12, 2008)

• Cyclone Phase of Tropical Cyclones Landfalling in Japan during 2004-2006
  [SOLA, Vol.4, pp.21-24 (2008)]

• A Study of Swirling Flows in a Cyclone Separator Using a Large Eddy Simulation
  [Journal of Environment and Engineering, Vol.2 (2007), No.3 pp.632-642]

• Estimation of Tropical Cyclone's Intensity Using TRMM/TMI Brightness Temperature Data
  [Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol.85 (2007), No.4 pp.437-454]

• Relationship between Tropospheric Circulation over the Western North Pacific and Tropical Cyclone Approach/Landfall on Japan
  [Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol.85 (2007), No.2 pp.101-114]

--Letter from Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to Myanmar's SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe
http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2008/5/1179869_1010.html
[From The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Website]

(searched on May 8, 2008)

• Snowmelt Energy Balance and Its Relation to Foehn Events in Tokachi, Japan
  [Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol.83 (2005), No.5 pp.783-798]

• A Foehn Event Enhanced by the Synoptic Scale Dry Intrusion
  [Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol.82 (2004), No.1 pp.229-240]

• Physiological Studies on the Foehn Tolerance of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
  [Japanese Journal of Crop Science, Vol.72 (2003), No.3 pp.328-332]

--Summer weather heats Hokkaido
Hokkaido experienced a summer heat wave Thursday as daytime highs shot past 30 degrees in many parts of the island, the Meteorological Agency said....[more]
[From the article of May 2, 2008: The Japan Times Online]