Press releases 2025

"Fatigue" Strengthen Steels

— New Technique Doubles Fatigue Limit of High-strength Steel by Suppressing Crack Initiation —

World’s First Observation of the Transverse Thomson Effect

— A New Principle 170 Years After the Discovery of the Thomson Effect: Pioneering Next-Generation Thermal Management Technologies —

A New Theory Explaining Oscillations in Tunnel Magnetoresistance (TMR)

— New Insight May Help Achieve Higher TMR Ratios —

Announcement of NIMS Award 2025 Winners

— The NIMS Award 2025 goes to Prof. Tsutomu Miyasaka, Prof. Henry J. Snaith, and Prof. Nam-Gyu Park who played pivotal roles in the development and practical application of the perovskite solar cell. —

Machine Learning-Developed Maps for Discovering New Phases Released

— Proposing 3,000 promising element sets from 80 "elemental reactivity maps" that predict the reactivity of three elements —

Transverse Thermoelectric Generation with the World’s Highest Power Density Using New Material "Thermoelectric Permanent Magnet"

— Toward Innovative Energy Saving and Energy Harvesting Technologies Using Magnets —

Building a Machine Learning Model While Preserving Data Confidentiality

— Six Companies and Two National R&D Institutes Collaborate to Predict the Long-Term Durability of Diverse Heat-Resistant Materials —

Demonstration of Spin-Torque Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording

— 35% Improvement in HDD Recording Efficiency, with Potential for Reduced Energy Consumption and Enhanced Durability —

High-Throughput Electronic Structure Analysis Using Composition-Spread Films

— A One-Day Experiment at NanoTerasu identifying the Optimal Half-Metal Composition Accelerates the Development of Spintronic Materials —