2026.10.16 Press Release Using electronic structure to guide AI in designing new materials Researchers at #UTokyo_IIS develop a generative AI model that designs crystal and electronic structures together
2026.10.01 Press Release Small changes, strong impact: novel findings in phase transitions A study from #UTokyo_IIS used special instruments to investigate how crystals smaller than a strand of hair change and move as they draw in chloroform vapor
2026.09.11 Topics 【Reports】5th International Joint Student Seminar on One Health, One World (OHOW)(2026/8/26~28) The Regional Network Office for Urban Safety (RNUS), a joint research hub between the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS), and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), successfully organized 5th International Joint Student Seminar on One Health One World (2026) at AIT, Thailand from 26 to 28 August 2026.
2026.09.04 Press Release Magnetic fields put a new spin on surface chemistry A team led by researchers from #UTokyo_IS shows that controlling the spin of hydrogen atoms can regulate chemical reactions
2026.09.04 Press Release Heavy water helps weather forecasts: Isotopes of atmospheric water leave fingerprints that can improve weather modelling Weather forecasts rely on many and various kinds of data, including temperature, humidity and wind data. For the first time, researchers including those at the University of Tokyo demonstrate that a long-theorized improvement to weather models by adding data on water isotopes in the atmosphere does in fact work. They showed that incorporating satellite measurements of water vapor isotopes into weather models improves forecasts of atmospheric conditions for up to five days, including better predictions of heavy rainfall in many regions.
2026.09.01 Topics MEMS: Back and Forth Between Electricity and Machine From smartphone sensors and microphones to new functions in automotive headlights and even devices that generate electricity from the faint vibrations of vending machines... These technologies are made possible by tiny machines known as micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Professor Hiroshi Toshiyoshi of #UTokyo_IIS develops a wide range of technologies that support our daily lives behind the scenes by creating various types of MEMS.
2026.08.31 Events 【Internal/ Komaba Campus Area Only】Komaba Research Campus Japanese Language Courses 2026 Autumn Application Period: From September 21 to October 5
2026.07.30 Press Release The cost of memory: how organisms balance thinking and sensing Researchers from #UTokyo_IIS reveal how limited resources can cause sudden changes in the way organisms process information
2026.07.30 Press Release A new twist on the Einstein problem reveals unexpected physics Researchers from #UTokyo_IIS experimentally demonstrate unique optical behavior from a long-sought aperiodic pattern