NIMS NOW PDF Archives

NIMS NOW International is an English-language newsletter published by the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) since July 2003, created specifically for our international readers.

It has provided extensive coverage of NIMS’ latest research activities, management policies, international collaborations, visits by world-renowned guests, outstanding researchers and staff members, events, and more—offering valuable insights into both NIMS’ current initiatives and global trends in materials science.

In July 2025, NIMS NOW International transitioned to an online-only format, and the printed edition was discontinued.

This page serves as a PDF archive of past print editions of NIMS NOW International.
You can browse and download issues published between 2016 and 2025.

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2025 Vol.23

2025.03.22 Vol.23 No.2 <2025>

Research Digest 2024

2025.03.15 Vol.23 No.1 <2025>

Research Network and Facility Services Division (RNFS)
The Ideal Environment for Materials Research is Here
-Research Support Services in the DX Era-

2024 Vol.22

2025.01.22 Vol.22 No.4 <2024>

Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
Flexible Progress to Revolutionize Materials

2024.11.22 Vol.22 No.3 <2024>

Center for Basic Research on Materials (CBRM)
Probing the cutting edge where informatics and measurement technologies meet

2024.03.26 Vol.22 No.2 <2024 March-April>

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
Exploring new frontiers with Nanoarchitectonics

2024.03.19 Vol.22 No.1 <2024 January-February>

Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN)
Energy revolution

2023 Vol.21

2024.03.04 Vol.21 No.6 <2023 November-December>

Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials
Magnetism: source of future innovations

2024.01.16 Vol.21 No.5 <2023 September-October>

Research Center for Structural Materials
Pushing the limits

2023.12.06 Vol.21 No.4 <2023 July-August>

Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials
Revolutionizing Electronic and Optical Materials : New Initiatives

2023.07.25 Vol.21 No.3 <2023 May-June>

Making Breakthroughs in Materials Science
— NIMS Launches Its Fifth Medium-to-Long Term Plan —

2023.03.24 Vol.21 No.2 <2023 March-April>

Research Digest 2022

2023.03.22 Vol.21 No.1 <2023 January-February>

SMART LAB.-Advancing research automation-

2022 Vol.20

2023.01.06 Vol.20 No.6<2022 November-December>

Life-enhancing biomaterials

2022.12.21 Vol.20 No.5 <2022 September-October>

Recreating Human Attributes through Materials Science

2022.10.21 Vol.20 No.4 <2022 July-August>

ICYS
-International Center for Young Scientists-
Gateway to the World

2022.08.19 Vol.20 No.3 <2022 May-June>

THE ECCENTRIC VIEWS OF MATERIALS SCIENTISTS

2022.03.25 Vol.20 No.2 <2022 March-April>

2021→2022 Transition to new challenges

2022.03.03 Vol.20 No.1 <2022 January-February>

Innovation in sensing and actuating technologies

2021 Vol.19

2022.01.13 Vol.19 No.6 <2021 November-December>

EXPLOITING“DEFECTS”FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE

2021.12.24 Vol.19 No.5 <2021 August-September>

Materials DX: fundamentally transforming materials R&D

2021.12.14 Vol.19 No.4 <2021 June-July>

Quantum materials : key to unlocking the cryptic quantum world

2021.10.04 Vol.19 No.3 <2021 April-May>

Tackling social issues in a time of global transition

2021.03.30 Vol.19 No.2 <2021 March>

NIMS turns 20

2021.03.17 Vol.19 No.1 <2021 January-February>

21st "THERMAL SCIENCE" CENTURY

2020 Vol.18

2021.01.14 Vol.18 No.6 <2020 November-December>

NIMS ventures

2020.12.18 Vol.18 No.5 <2020 September-October>

Why did it break?

2020.10.09 Vol.18 No.4 <2020 July-August>

Materials Visual Guide with Onomatopoeia

2020.07.15 Vol.18 No.3 <2020 May-June>

Versatile CLAY
From functional products to the search for extraterrestrial life

2020.04.14 Vol.18 No.2 <2020 March>

New trend in battery materials searches
Reshaping research in the AI era

2020.04.14 Vol.18 No.1 <2020 Jan-Feb>

Bones and Materials

2019 Vol.17

2020.03.03 Vol.17 No.6 <2019 December>

Advanced Rust Research
From artificial intelligence to bacteria

2019.12.17 Vol.17 No.5 <2019 October-November>

Become a materials scientist!
NIMS offers attractive graduate programs

2019.10.04 Vol.17 No.4 <2019 August-September>

Revolutionary H₂ Liquefaction
Magnets bring a hydrogen society

2019.07.18 Vol.17 No.3 <2019　May-June>

Novel Sharing Systems
Offering continuous access to the latest scientific instruments

2019.03.28 Vol.17 No.2 <2019　Feburary-March>

150th anniversary of the periodic table of chemical elements
The periodic table is a treasure map

2019.03.28 Vol.17 No.1<2019 January>

Reseach and Service Division of Materials Data and Integrated System(MaDIS)
Achieving the unimaginable through data development

2018 Vol.16

2019.02.12 Vol.16 No.6 <2018　December>

International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics(WPI-MANA)
Controlling nanoscale order

2018.12.20 Vol.16 No.5 <2018 September-November>

Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials
Strategic intergration of innovative materials

2018.11.08 Vol.16 No.4 <2018 July-August>

Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials (CMSM)
Bringing order to random spin

2018.07.27 Vol.16 No.3 <2018 May-June>

Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization
Under Real-operation Conditions

2018.04.12 Vol.16 No.2 <2018 March-April>

Research Center for Structural Materials
Exploring the potential of materials

2018.03.23 Vol.16 No.1 <2018 January-February>

Research Center for Functional Materials: Part2
Bringing the lab to life

2017 Vol.15

2018.02.20 Vol.15 No.6 <2018 November-December>

Research Center for Functional Materials: Part1
Discovering "function X"

2017.12.08 Vol.15 No.5 <2017 September-October>

NIMS & UTokyo

2017.10.30 Vol.15 No.4 <2017 July-August>

KNOWLEDGE and FACILITIES -Research Network and Facility Services Division-

2017.07.26 Vol.15 No.3 <2017 May-June>

Manipulating molecules

2017.05.19 Vol.15 No.2 <2017 March-April>

M³ launched

2017.03.23 Vol.15 No.1 <2017 Jan-Feb>

The challenge of the rechargeable battery revolution

2016 Vol.14

2017.02.27 Vol.14 No.6 <2016 Oct-Nov>

Next-generation bonding technology

2016.12.28 Vol.14 No.5 <2016 Aug-Sep>

Intriguing future with leading-edge sensor technology

2016.12.08 Vol.14 No.4 <2016 June-July>

SIP in NIMS
Innovation Frontline

2016.08.03 Vol.14 No.3 <2016 Apr-May>

A new chapter in solar cell revolution

2016.03.25 Vol.14 No.2 <2016 Feb-Mar>

MI²

2016.02.24 Vol.14 No.1 <2015 Dec-2016 Jan>

The NMR