Vol.10 No.08 <October>

-From treasures to materials: Industgrial uses of gemstones.
 Naoki Ohashi (Division Director, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

-Diamond MEMS and NEMS
 Meiyong Liao (Senior Researcher, Wide Bandgap Materials Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)
 Shunichi Hishita (Group Leader, Ceramics Chemistry Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)
 Yasuo Koide (Group Leader, Wide Bandgap Materials Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)

-Development of Optical Materials from the Viewpoint of Opals
 Tsutomu Sawada (Group Leader, Applied Photonic Materials Group, Photonic Materials Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division)

-Garnets: From gemstones to industrial applications
 García Víllora (Optical Single Crystals Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)
 Kiyoshi Shimamura (Group Leader, Optical Single Crystals Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)
 
-Development of Optical Devices from the Viewpoint of Crystal Quartz
 Sunao Kurimura (Optical Crystal Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)

-Optical Material Development from the Viewpoint of Sapphire
  Kiyoshi Shimamura (Group Leader, Optical Single Crystals Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)
  García Víllora (Optical Single Crystals Group, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit)

Clarifying Unsolved Problems by Searching for Overlooked Parameters
Naoki Ohashi (Division Director, Environment and Energy Materials Division)

Prof. Harry K. D. H. Bhadeshia
Prof. John William Morris, Jr.
Prof. Subra Suresh

•NIMS Receives the Commendation in Informatization Promotion Category
•MANA 5th Anniversary Memorial Symporium
•Hello from NIMS