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The center will focus on the industrialization of large seaweeds and producdts derived thereof, such as fucoxanthin, in collaboration with Hokkaido University. Arkray press release, February 9, 2017
The Tsukuba Functional Plant Innovation Research Center (T-PIRC) will consist of a center for genetic expereiments and a farm division for agricultural and forestry technology. The focus will be on genetic experiments with plants and trees. Tsukuba University press release, February 9, 2017
NEDO forecasts that the market size of graphene material in 2030 will be about 100 billion yen. Under a NEDO contract, Nippon Shokubai has initiated experiments on mass production of graphene oxide. Graphene oxide is a flake-like material with a thickness of 1 nm with unprecedented characteristics (e. g., conductivity, hydrophilicity, dispersibility) which can be […]