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The thermal tolerance of radical-type mechanophores (RMs) that undergo dissociation of the central C–C bond upon mechanical impact increases with the electron-withdrawing ability of the functional group at the para position of the radical…

The unique quantum properties of bismuth selenide make it a promising catalyst for the synthesis of organic ureas, as demonstrated by scientists at Tokyo Tech. Thanks to its topological surface states, the proposed catalyst exhibits…

The Japanese Section of Tokyo Tech's Institute for Liberal Arts (ILA) hosted a mock Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)* for international students on August 28. Twenty-five participants, including students from all levels of study…

Quantum annealing (QA) can be competitive to classical algorithms in optimizing continuous-variable functions when running on appropriate hardware, show researchers from Tokyo Tech. By comparing the performance of QA running on a D-Wave…

The 22nd Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Awards went to ten researchers each of whom will receive a research grant. The Suematsu Challenging Research Award was given to the three highest qualified researchers among the Challenging…

An international research team led by Project Assistant Professor Satoshi Ohashi of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has conducted high-resolution and multi-wavelength observations of a protoplanetary disk around a…

Meister, an official Tokyo Tech student club, has finished fourth in the 2023 Japan International Birdman Rally, held at Lake Biwa in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture in late July. The annual contest — the 45th of its kind — was broadcast on…

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and EX-Fusion Inc. (EX-Fusion) have established a Collaborative Research Cluster focused on advancing liquid metal devices for the realization of commercial laser fusion reactors (Figure 1). The…

Polymers composed of aromatic frameworks are attracting increasing attention for the construction of highly functional materials. So far, their application has been limited by their virtual insolubility in organic solvents and water. Now,…

Fourteen international students representing 12 nationalities completed their Institute for Liberal Arts' Intensive Japanese Course with poster presentations held at Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza on July 12.The presenters, who had spent…