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Basic studies and application of plastic optical fibers

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Stretchable electric pumps for next-generation soft robotics Inspecting dust on surfaces in product manufacturing: Effect of dirt on inspection surfaces on the accuracy of visual inspection Polymer-based optical fiber for visualization of stress

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Control of snake-like robots for high mobility and dexterity Time-saving simulation of peeling graphene sheets Convenient synthesis of biopharmaceutic-Fc conjugates: Semi-synthesis and evaluation on the extension of their circulating plasma half-lives

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Multiple Sensor Fusion Technology for Non-contact Measurement of Vital Signs and its Clinical Applications Frontiers of state of the art precision molecular spectroscopy Technology for processing wood powder with natural additives

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JST-ERATO Intelligent Optical Synthesizer (IOS) Project Adaptive learning system using big data based machine learning Drag reduction and relaminarization of wall-turbulence by traveling wave control

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Soft robotic gripper based on dielectric elastomer actuators Digital Public Media: Mid-air Display Technology Molecular materials with ultralong-lived room-temperature triplet excitons: Persistent room-temperature phosphorescence and nonlinear optical characteristics under continuous irradiance

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Next Generation Router Architecture: Packet Processing Prediction Elucidating mechanisms of voluntary control of human multi-muscle Isotropization of Quaternion-Neural-Network-Based PolSAR Adaptive Land Classification in Poincare-Sphere Parameter Space

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Photonics research: Controlling photons with a photon Innovative photovoltaic materials: CsSn_1-xPb_xI₃ nanocrystals as phase-stable perovskites Technology for visualizing flow of blood to aid neurosurgery in the human brain Computational intelligence-inspired clustering in Multi-access Vehicular Networks

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Aurora-induced atmospheric composition change: Global sodium variation revealed by optical spectroscopic observations from the space Developing Robots That Can Learn Like Humans Electron transfer and oxidative damage in DNA under biomimetic crowding environment

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Hierarchical Opportunistic Routing with Moderate Clustering for Ad Hoc Networks Kerr-lens mode-locked Tm doped sesquioxides laser in-band pumped by an Er:Yb fiber MOPA 1.6 μm Geospatial information extraction from SNS: Who said what from where! Information science offers insights into the performance of pianist: Efficiently reading piano musical scores by analyzing geometrical information in musical notes

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Frontiers of audiology: Quest to find effective solutions to support people with hearing loss

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Radar for environmental monitoring: New algorithms for high speed and low cost 3D imaging Astronomical spectroscopy in a laboratory: Direct and accurate measurements of electron densities of plasmas Laser science: Innovative solid state lasers with Yb³⁺-doped CaF₂ - LaF₃ ceramic gain media Two dimensional materials: Advanced molybdenum selenide near infrared phototransistors Nanophotonics: Integrating nanocavities into optical fibers with femtosecond laser ablation

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Computer science: Post-quantum cryptography and security for Internet of Things Eco-friendly organic photovoltaics: Saving the planet with flexible electronics

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Prosthetic limbs made user-friendly with polymer based elastic sensors. Digital to analog convertors generate bipolar voltages when coupled to a polarity switchable double flux amplifier Inference of Bayesian networks made fast and easy using an extended depth-first search algorithm Robotic vision sensors based on light sensitive bacterial proteins

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UEC Museum of Communications

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Nanoparticle-polymer composites boost holographic data prospects Relativistic effects pack a punch in high-temperature plasma collisions Spectrometry: Miniaturising near-infrared devices Hybrid rockets: Optimizing performance using design informatics

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Navigating the open seas of graduate school

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Network traffic anomaly detection - machine learning Coding theorem defines decoding error capacity for general scenarios Engineering: Improvements to a decision-making algorithm Speech signal processing: Enhancing voice conversion models

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Medical optical imaging: Innovative near infrared bioluminescent probes for deep tissue imaging

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Quantum computing: Trapping single atoms in a uniform fashion Physiology: Cell pH regulation revealed Neurology: A closer look at walking control Space physics: Confirming the structure and shape of polar cap patches

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Advanced analytical service science based on big data

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Bose-Einstein condensates miscibility properties reveal surprises Brain diseases: Unlocking potential from MRI data Auditory systems: Modelling bats' information processing

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Graph-based data mining reveals patterns in learning space use Task allocation: Computing the logistics of snow-plowing Metal mesh filters: Calculating pressure drop Environmentally friendly refrigerant measures up

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Wireless transceivers: Hardware still limits the unlimited Walking control: Influence of lower limb co-ordination Snake robot range-sensing control system avoids tail-end collisions Random additions efficiently anonymize large data sets

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Frontiers of research on solar cells: Lead (Pb) perovskites with efficiencies over 20%

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Nanowire quantum dot solar cells: oxide layer boosts performance Motor behaviour: understanding the jerks that lurk in smooth movements

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Advanced Wireless and Communication Research Center (AWCC), University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo.

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Star formation: Exotic chemistry Physics of semi-metals: Insights into electron transport in bismuth Multiterminal source coding: deciphering noisy observations

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Fuel cells in the spotlight

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Quantum optics: Understanding spectral properties of broadband biphotons Motor memory: the long and short of it Human Interface: Virtual robotization for human limbs

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Innovative nanophotonics: Integrating quantum light sources with nanofibers for quantum internet applications

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Next generation mobile communications: World's first successful use of an electric circuit to compensate for distortions in electric signals due to heat Magnetic vortices: Controlling core switching in Pac-man disks Underwater robotics: Analyzing the propulsion of a soft robotic fish Artificial intelligence: Brain-training for baseball robot

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Nanotechnology for real world applications: Self-organized indium arsenide quantum dots for solar cells

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Silicon nanophotonics: controlling photoluminescence for better devices Micromanipulators: Taking the future in hand Depth perception - understanding ambiguities

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Frontiers of optical science: Ultrashort pulses of light produced by Raman scattering from hydrogen for next generation laser optical communications

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Internet protocol networks: Optimizing link reinforcements Pharmacophores: The future of drug discovery Hybrid solar cells: The Mechanism of dyeing for greater efficiency Control systems: Fuzzy features Optical signal processing: Neater networks

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Cutting edge research: An 'optical comb' for medicine, environment, astronomy, and other applications

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Molecular motors: Bubble-driven walking Data security: Unexpected information leakage from side channel Bioimaging: Visualizing real-time development of capillary networks in adult brains Fusion Science: Heavy ions and lost resonance lines