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Technology
Predicting the dynamics of glassy materials
Structural order parameter characterising local packing capability can well describe the glassy dynamics of glass.
Invention
New technology will reveal in-depth structures of molecules
A laser, a crystal, and molecular structures.
Science
Could the heat of the Earth’s crust become the ultimate energy source?
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Sanoh Industrial developed a very stable battery cell that can directly convert heat into electricity, thus finally providing a way for exploiting geothermal energy in a sustainable way.
Science
Fast vs slow water: explaining the fragile-to-strong transition
A Japanese research group driven by The University of Tokyo examined the fragile-to-strong transition of water. Not at all like most fluids, when water...
Space
Little star sheds light on young planets
In early 2017, graduate student Yuki Okoda received a complex data on a nearby star from her Professor Yoko Oya, through which she could begin her Ph.D. Little did...
Robotics
The Most Advanced Humanoid Robot yet
A group of analysts at the University of Tokyo has made what has all the earmarks of being the most advanced humanoid robot yet—really...