Yokohama-based Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has won the prestigious 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Illinois Institute of Technology’s S. Chicago Architecture Center. Yamamoto’s architectural philosophy is based on community integration and the harmonious coexistence of public and private spaces. His notable projects, such as the GAZEBO in Yokohama and the Tianjin Library in China, exemplify his commitment to developing public relations …
Japan now has two quantum computers, both of which, are among the fastest in the world. Fujitsu and research institute Riken have successfully developed Japan’s second quantum computer which has a computing power of 64-qubits In a remarkable feat that is bound to push Japan far ahead of its neighbours in Asia, Fujitsu and research institute Riken have successfully developed …
Around 150 years ago, three scientists named Ernest Rutherford, Hans Geiger, and Ernest Marsden exposed a thin gold foil to radiation. Now, researchers in the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, in Japan, have taken a big leap forward in this tradition – by demonstrating a set-up that can use electron scattering to ‘see’ inside unstable nuclei, including those that …
A villager in Shizhu Tujia autonomous county, Chongqing, checks the condition of baked huanglian, a herb commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. LANZHOU -- Scientists from China and Japan are collaborating on the research of microbial inoculants specifically applied to improve pest and disease control and enhance drought resistance of geo-authentic traditional Chinese medicine herbs. As one of the major, …
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