Fully autonomous robots could transform the way we live, but so far such machines remain beyond the reach of our most advanced technologies. Existing robots are generally limited to performing simple, well-structured tasks ...
Robotics
Feb 28, 2014
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The bond created between two gold atoms in a molecule has been observed as it forms, thanks to a new technique developed by RIKEN chemists. This measurement resolves a controversy over the mechanism by which the bonds form.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 14, 2020
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Conductors of electrical current, including copper, heat up and limit the ability to increase circuit densities. Unusual materials that exhibit the so-called ‘quantum spin Hall effect’, in which current can flow ...
General Physics
Sep 30, 2011
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The atomic nucleus offers a unique opportunity to study the competition between three of the four fundamental forces known to exist in nature, the strong nuclear interaction, the electromagnetic interaction and the weak nuclear ...
General Physics
May 19, 2017
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Using a simple glass capillary, atomic physicists at RIKEN are developing an ultra-narrow ion beam that pinpoints a part of organelles in a living cell, enabling biologists to visualize how the damage affects cell activities.
General Physics
Apr 4, 2011
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The noncontact measurement of material properties using light is used in a wide variety of applications, from airport security scanners to medical x-ray imaging and various analytical techniques. Some of the most interesting ...
General Physics
Apr 18, 2014
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RIKEN and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) have successfully produced a first beam of X-ray laser light with a wavelength of 1.2 Angstroms. This light was created using SACLA, a cutting-edge X-ray ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2011
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Tolerance of phosphorus limitation in plants is linked to a previously unidentified lipid family.
Biotechnology
Jul 19, 2013
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For more than 20 years, theoretical mathematical models have predicted that a delay built into a negative feedback system is at the heart of the molecular mechanism that governs circadian clocks in mammalian cells. Now, the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 25, 2011
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Molecules that suddenly transform into new structures when stimulated by photons or electrons play key roles in many chemical and biological processes. Recently, chemists have discovered that adding transition metals such ...
General Physics
Aug 5, 2011
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