Many people who have completed doctoral courses at graduate school and obtained PhD are today unable to find employment in university research or the field of education. Because of their relatively ...[more]

Photocatalysts display strong oxidation and decomposition properties when exposed to sunlight or other ultraviolet light source and are used to eliminate volatile organic compounds and other toxic ...[more]

In this process, the fuel used in light water reactors for nuclear power generation is reprocessed, and plutonium is extracted and mixed with uranium to make MOX fuel, which is again used in light ...[more]

Until recently, standards for residual pesticides on foods were set by the Food Sanitation Law through “negative lists,” meaning that restrictions and prescribed usage standards applied only to those ...[more]

World leaders are now discussing how the growing threat of climate change should be addressed following the first commitment period (2008-12) of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. A post-Kyoto framework to ...[more]

This is a medical technology to check the existence of any chromosomal or genetic abnormalities in an in-vitro fertilized egg before it is implanted in the uterus. Generally speaking, only about 30% ...[more]

This is a research project to elucidate more than a third of the total basic structure of proteins (about 3,000), with a view toward possible patenting of the results and the ultimate aim of genomic ...[more]

This is an experimental fast-breeder reactor built in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. In light water reactors, the uranium combustion efficiency is poor, and the introduction of a fast-breeder reactor ...[more]