Vol.12 No.02 <March>

-Ultrahigh-Density Magnetic Recording Materials
  Yukiko Takahashi (Magnetic Materials Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
  Shinya Kasai (Spintronics Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
  Takao Furubayashi (Magnetic Materials Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
  Kazuhiro Hono (Unit Director, Magnetic Materials Unit)

- Tunnel magnetoresistance device Materials for STT-MRAM
    Seiji Mitani (Group Leader, Spintronics Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
   Hiroaki Sukegawa (Spintronics Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
   
- New Paradigms for Spintronics Devices: The Spin Orbit Effects
    Masamitsu Hayashi (Spintronics Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
 
- New Ecological Power Generation Technology through the Use of Anomalous Nernst Effect in Magnetic Materials
  Yuya Sakuraba (Magnetic Materials Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
  
- Designing Optimal Microstructure for Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets
   Taisuke Sasaki (Nanostructure Analysis Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)
   Tadakatsu Ohkubo (Group Leader, Nanostructure Analysis Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)

- Dysprosium-free Neodymium Magnets for Automotive Applications
    Kazuhiro Hono (Unit Leader, Magnetic Materials Unit)
    Takahiro Akiya (NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher, ESICMM)
    H. Sepehri-Amin (NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher, ICYS-SENGEN)
    Tadakatsu Ohkubo (Group Leader, Nanostructure Analysis Group, Magnetic Materials Unit)

- Permanent Magnet Research Network at the Elements Strategy Initiative Center for Magnetic Materials
   Satoshi Hirosawa (Director, ESICMM)

• NIMS Signs a Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement with Temple Materials Institute in US
• ENERGY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH - ENERGY POLICIES Workshop was held at the Gstaad in Switzerland
• Hello from NIMS