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2025/06/18: Article published in the Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering. (JAEE) NEWSLETTER.(Assis.Prof. Sujan Pradhan)

2025/06/18: Articles appeared in the May 2025 issue of Architectural Knowledge.(Prof. Shoichi Kishiki, Assoc.Prof. Yoshihiro Yamazaki)

2025/05/30: Exploiting the full potential of multiferroic materials for magnetic memory devices (Assis.Prof. Kei Shigematsu, Sp.Appointed Assoc.Prof. Das Hena, Prof. Masaki Azuma)

2025/04/23: Relationship between the boson peak and first sharp diffraction peak in glasses (Prof. Suguru KITANI)

2025/04/09: Oxygen Defect Engineering of Hexagonal Perovskite Oxides to Boost Catalytic Performance for Aerobic Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfones (Prof. Keigo KAMATA, Prof. Keiju WACHI)

2025/03/07: Pressure-induced charge amorphisation in BiNiO3 (Prof. Masaki Azuma)

2025/01/31: Articles published in JSSC Journal of Steel Structures & Construction (Assis. Prof. Miku Kurosara, Ichiro Hirano)

2025/01/28: An interview on earthquake resistance in wooden houses broadcast on BS Nippon Television (Assoc. Prof. Yoshihiro YAMAZAKI)

2025/01/24: Revolutionizing Ammonia Synthesis: New Iron-Based Catalyst Surpasses Century-Old Benchmark (Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2024/12/05: Photocontrol of ferroelectricity in multiferroic BiFeO3 via structural modification coupled with photocarrier (Prof. Masaki Azuma, Assis.Prof. Kei Shigematsu)

2024/11/14: Harnessing Multi-Element Perovskites as Catalysts for Selective Oxidation of Light Alkanes (Prof. Keigo KAMATA)

2024/11/05: Nano-Patterned Copper Oxide Sensor for Ultra-Low Hydrogen Detection (Prof. Yutaka Majima)

2024/11/04: Article published in Japan Steel Structure Journal NO.2212
(Prof. Shoichi Kishiki)

2024/09/09: Article published in Japan Steel Structure Journal NO.2204
(Prof. Shoichi Kishiki)

2024/08/21: Enhancing Electron Transfer for Highly Efficient Upconversion OLEDs (Assoc.Prof. Seiichiro IZAWA)

2024/08/08: Novel Machine Learning-based Cluster Analysis Method that Leverages Target Material Property - New cluster analysis technique for grouping materials based on both basic features and targeted properties -(Assis.Prof. Akira Takahashi, Prof. Fumiyasu Oba)

2024/08/01: Sustainable Catalysts: Crystal Phase-controlled Cobalt Nanoparticles for Hydrogenation - Researchers develop an energy efficient, reusable, and versatile catalytic system using abundant cobalt - (Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2024/07/10: An article on BNFO (Bismuth Nickel Iron Oxide), a negative thermal expansion material developed by Prof. Masaki Azuma et al.

2024/07/01: A remote observation experiment using a drone at the crater of Mount Kusatsu-Shiranesan in Gunma Prefecture was covered by several media outlets (Assoc. Prof. Akihiko TERADA)

2024/06/03: Article published in Japan Steel Structure Journal NO.2190
(Prof. Shoichi Kishiki)

2024/05/23: Novel Au-BiFeO3 Nanostructures for Efficient and Sustainable Degradation of Pollutants (Assoc.Prof. Tso-Fu Mark Chang, Sp. Appointed Prof. Satoshi Okamoto)

2024/05/23: Revolutionizing Memory Technology: Multiferroic Nanodots for Low-Power Magnetic Storage (Assis.Prof. Kei Shigematsu, Prof. Masaki Azuma)

2024/05/10: Professor Shoichi Kishiki provided a video about "Spherical Sliding Bearing" to Mashiki Town, Kumamoto Prefecture.

2024/05/10: Interview featured in book for junior high and high school students (Prof. Shoichi Kishiki)

2024/04/18: From Defects to Order: Spontaneously Emerging Crystal Arrangements in Perovskite Halides (Prof. Masaki Azuma, Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Yamamoto)

2024/04/17: Articles published about the report meeting on the investigation of seismically isolated buildings in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake. (Prof. Shoichi Kishiki)

2024/04/10: Band Alignment of Oxides by Learnable Structural-Descriptor-Aided Neural Network and Transfer Learning (Prof. Fumiyasu Oba)

2024/03/12: Au@Cu7S4 Yolk@Shell Nanocrystals Set New Hydrogen Production Activity Record under Visible and Near Infrared Irradiation (Assoc.Prof. Tso-Fu Mark Chang)

2024/03/05: The Guidelines for Structural Design of Buildings
and its Commentary released by MEXT (Prof. Shoichi Kishiki)

2024/02/05: Media coverage (Assis. Prof. Miku KUROSAWA)

2023/12/25: Media coverage (Prof. Shoichi Kishki)

2023/11/24: Articles on "Symposium on Volcanic Eruption, Disaster Prevention, and Tourism 2023" were published (Assoc. Prof. Akihiko TERADA)

2023/10/31: Media coverage (Prof. Shoichi KISHIKI)

2023/09/21: Novel Organic Light-Emitting Diode with Ultralow Turn-on Voltage for Blue Emission (Assoc.Prof. Seiichiro IZAWA)

2023/08/31: Book publication (Prof. Shoichi Kishki)

2023/08/31: Book publication and workshops (Prof. Shoichi Kishki)

2023/08/31: New Insight for Stabilizing Halide Perovskite via Thiocyanate Substitution (Prof. Masaki Azuma, Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Yamamoto)

2023/08/28: Media coverage (Assis. Prof. Shintaro YASUI)

2023/08/23: Novel Lateral Data Storage: Two-Dimensional Ferroelectric Semiconductor Memory with a Bottom Contact 100 nm Channel Using In-Plane Polarization (Prof. Yutaka Majima)

2023/08/09: Media coverage (Prof. Michikazu HARA)

2023/08/07: Articles on E-Isolation were published

2023/08/04: Media coverage (Prof. Michikazu HARA)

2023/07/25: A High-Pressure Flux Method to Synthesize High-Purity Oxyhydrides (Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Yamamoto, Prof. Masaki Azuma)

2023/06/28: Media coverage (Prof. Michikazu HARA)

2023/05/19: Ultrafast quantum path interferometry to determine the electronic decoherence time of the electron-phonon coupled system in n -type gallium arsenide (Assoc.Prof. Kazutaka Nakamura)

2023/05/02: Advanced X-Ray Technique Unveils Fast Solid-Gas Chemical Reaction Pathways (Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Yamamoto, Prof. Masaki Azuma)

2023/05/02: Facile Synthesis of High-Performance Perovskite Oxides for Acid–Base Catalysis (Assis.Prof. Takeshi Aihara, Prof. Keigo Kamata, Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2023/04/27: Media coverage (Assoc. Prof. Akihiko TERADA)

2023/04/25: Breaking the Barrier: Low-Temp Ammonia Synthesis with Iron Catalysts and Barium Hydride (Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2023/04/20: Towards More Efficient and Eco-Friendly Thermoelectric Oxides with Hydrogen Substitution (Assoc.Prof. Takayoshi Katase, Prof. Toshio Kamiya)

2023/04/09: Media coverage (Prof. Kenji NOGAMI)

2023/04/04: Media coverage (Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2023/03/29: Professor Shoichi Kishiki's research theme has been selected for a research grant under the "Steel Structure Research and Education Grant Program" conducted by JISF.

2023/02/22: Media coverage (Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2023/01/23: Polar–Nonpolar Transition-Type Negative Thermal Expansion with 11.1% Volume Shrinkage by Design (Prof. Masaki Azuma)

2022/12/01: Kumamoto City "Experts' Meeting on the Development of Main Government Buildings, Seismic Performance Subcommittee" materials are now available (Prof. Shoichi Kishki)

2022/10/27: Nanostructure-induced L1₀-ordering of twinned single-crystals in CoPt ferromagnetic nanowires (Prof. Yutaka Majima)

2022/10/07: Inexpensive, Reusable Mn Catalysts Make for Efficient Alkylation of Ketones With Alcohols (Assis.Prof. Yusuke Kita, Assoc.Prof. Keigo Kamata, Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2022/09/12: Media coverage (Prof. Shoichi Kishki)

2022/07/25: Synthesis and Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis of Mesoporous Todorokite-Type Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles by Crystallization of Precursors (Assoc.Prof. Keigo Kamata, Prof. Michikazu Hara)

2022/06/27: Yolk-Shell Nanocrystals with Movable Gold Yolk: Next Generation of Photocatalysts (Assoc. Prof. Tso Fu Mark Chang)

2022/04/12: Electronic and Lattice Thermal Conductivity Switching by 3D−2D Crystal Structure Transition in Nonequilibrium (Pb_1−xSn_x)Se(Assoc.Prof. Takayoshi Katase, Prof. Toshio Kamiya)

2022/04/08: Giant second harmonic transport under time-reversal symmetry in a trigonal superconductor (Assoc.Prof. Takao Sasagawa)

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