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Innovative EUV lithography technology dramatically increases energy efficiency and reduces capital cost of semiconductor manufacturing

New type of EUV lithography using only four reflective mirrors overturns conventional technology and will contribute to advanced semiconductors at 7nm and below.

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Inhaled ethanol may treat respiratory infections and stop pandemics

In mice, the treatment decreased infections caused by the Influenza A virus.

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Seeing with electrons: scientists pave the way to more affordable and accessible cryo-EM

Researchers develop a low-cost and easy-to-use cryogenic electron microscope.

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Wave Energy Turbine Installed on Okinawa Shoreline

New “ducted” model is a step toward affordable renewable energy.

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OIST to Harness Energy from Ocean Waves in the Maldives

OIST has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Environment and Energy of the Republic of Maldives and Kokyo Tatemono Company Limited of Tokyo, Japan, to embark on a wave energy project in the Maldives.

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Water without Windows: Capturing Water Vapor inside an Electron Microscope

Scientists were able to demonstrate another way of viewing biological samples at high resolution.

11 December 2017

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A Sustainable Future Powered by Sea

OIST researchers develop turbines to convert the power of ocean waves into clean, renewable energy.

20 September 2017

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Graphene Enhancing Our Vision of the Infinitely Small

OIST researchers report using one-atom-thin graphene film to drastically enhance the quality of electron microscopy images.

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Taming Oceans for 24/7 Power

OIST team proposes a novel ocean-current turbine design.

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Prof. Tsumoru Shintake Awarded Gersch Budker Prize

The European Physical Society (EPS) announced on March 20 that this year’s Gersch Budker Prize will go to OIST Professor Tsumoru Shintake.

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Okinawans at the Forefront

Two Okinawan researchers came back to Okinawa after years of research elsewhere to work on an innovative new microscope.

17 September 2013

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Interdisciplinary Innovator

Leading two groups that will carry out radically different projects in electron microscopy and renewable energy resources, Prof. Shintake is just the kind of researcher we like to have around at OIST.