News 2010

December

[Dec 21]
Dr. Aono
Dr. Masakazu Aono won 2010 Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology
[Dec 17]
dr. Wakabayashi
JPSJ paper co-authored by Dr. Wakabayashi ranked No. 1 as most cited article since Vol. 1 (1946)
[Dec 15]
Mr. Poh
Chairman and Senior Officer of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, visited MANA
[Dec 9]
Ms. Hayashi
Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) visited MANA

November

[Nov 11]
Dr. Vinu
Dr. Ajayan Vinu was selected as the recipient of two awards
[Nov 11]
ohayou nippon
Outreach activities of MANA were featured on NHK program "Ohayou Nippon (Good Morning Japan)"
[Nov 1]
Dr. Ariga
Paper published by Dr. Ariga et al. ranked No. 1: Most cited paper among all material science papers within these two years
[Nov 1]
Dr. Vayssieres
Dr. Lionel Vayssieres was featured in ScienceWatch

October

[Oct 26]
MOU signing ceremony
A new MOU with Multidisciplinary Center for Development of Ceramic Materials (MCDCM), Brazil
[Oct 22]
metallic cell
Research result of developping noble exhaust gas catalyst has been focused in the the Nikkei Online
[Oct 12]
Research result of Traversa Group has been focused in the Sankei News and the Nikkei online
[Oct 6]
mou with Anhui key lab
A new MOU with Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures, Anhui, China

September

[Sep 20]
A new MOU with Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at the Universite del la Mediterranee, Marseille, France
[Sep 16]
A new MOU with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
[Sep 9]
Dr. Kohei Uosaki was awarded the Japanese Photochemistry Association Lectureship Award
[Sep 1]
Dr. Takao Aoyagi appointed as new Principal Investigator

August

[Aug 27]
MOU with Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Korea
[Aug 25]
Three research subjects proposed by scientists from MANA have been selected for funding from CREST and PRESTO
[Aug 18]
MANA logo
MANA received a high appraisal from the WPI program committee for the activity in fiscal year 2009
[Aug 9]
Research result of Dr. Ajayan Vinu was reported in the Nikkei online

July

[July 23]
Limin Wu and Yoshio Bando
MOU with Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, China

May

[May 25]
Yoshihiro Tsujimoto
Dr. Yoshihiro Tsujimoto received Research Progress Award from JSPM
[May 20]
Ajayan Vinu, Wilhelm Schwieger, and Martin Hartmann
MOU with University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany

April

[Apr 13]
Katsunori Wakabayashi
Dr. Katsunori Wakabayashi received Young Scientists' Prize from MEXT
[Apr 1]
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa and Kazuya Terabe
Dr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa and Dr. Kazuya Terabe received NIMS President's Research Achievement Award
[Apr 1]
blueprint of MANA new building
New Research Building to Be Constructed
[Apr 1]
Yusuke Yamauchi
Dr. Yusuke Yamauchi received a Ceramic Society of Japan Award

March

[Mar 27]
Kohei Uosaki
Dr. Kohei Uosaki received Chemical Society of Japan Award
[Mar 21]
Masanori Kohono
Dr. Masanori Kohno received Young Scientist Award from Physical Society of Japan
[Mar 5]
MANA International Symposium 2010
MANA International Symposium 2010 successfully finished

February

[Mar 3]
Masayoshi Higuchi
Dr. Masayoshi Higuchi received Marubun Academy Award
[Feb 16]
Takayoshi Sasaki
Dr. Takayoshi Sasaki ranks as the 18th most-prolific author in “Chemistry of Materials”
[Feb 4]
Yusuke Yamauchi
Dr. Yusuke Yamauchi received Inoue Research Aid for Young Scientists

January

[Jan 31]
Dr. James Gimzewski on NHK
[Jan 1]
Kazunori Takada
Dr. Kazunori Takada joined MANA as a new PI of Rechargeable Battery Materials Group
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