RCAST NAVI 2018/03

** RCAST NAVI - 2018/03/29
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** Press Release
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Electro-mechano-optical NMR detection
Kyoto-Tokyo system promises higher sensitivity for MRI
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An international research project led by Kazuyuki Takeda of Kyoto University and Koji Usami of the University of Tokyo has developed a new method of light detection for nuclear magnetic resonance -- NMR -- by up-converting NMR radio-frequency signals into optical signals.
This new detection method -- appearing in the journal Optica -- has the potential to provide more sensitive analysis compared with conventional NMR. Its possible utilization in higher-accuracy chemical analysis, as well as in magnetic resonance imaging -- MRI -- technology, are also of interest.

http://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research/report/2018/0202_en.html


** Press Release
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Quantum non-demolition detection of an itinerant microwave photon
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A research project led by Shingo Kono and Yasunobu Nakamura of the University of Tokyo and Kazuki Koshino of Tokyo Medical and Dental University has demonstrated the quantum non-demolition measurement of an itinerant single photon in the microwave regime. This new detection method is based on the non-absorptive interaction of the microwave photon with a superconducting qubit.
This detection scheme has potential applications in quantum information transfer among separately located superconducting qubits in a quantum network as well as in quantum sensing technology.

http://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research/report/2018/0313_en.html


** Research News
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RCAST Signs International Cooperation Agreement with Queensland University of Technology
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RCAST signed an International Cooperation Agreement to develop joint venture projects and facilitate joint academic and scientific activities with Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
This research partnership focuses on developing renewable energy and, in particular, the provision of next generation fuels to meet future global energy needs.

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/topics/topics_z0211_00002.html


** Report
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RCAST's Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies Holds Kabuki Event for International Students
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/topics/topics_z0211_00003.html

Award: Daigoro Hirohama (Division of Clinical Epigenetics) won the First Place Winner of the Young Investigator Competition at the International Aldosterone Conference
http://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research/report/2018/0319_en.html

Online Article: How autism may stem from problems with prediction
Project Researcher Satsuki Ayaya and Associate Professor Shinichiro Kumagaya (Tojisha-Kenkyu)
SPECTRUM
https://spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/autism-may-stem-problems-prediction/