Superconductivity

The future of medicine set into motion by the Yamagata Model, a new cancer treatment technology: Taking on the challenge of global standardization of heavy ion therapy equipment

The future of medicine set into motion by the Yamagata Model, a new cancer treatment technology: Taking on the challenge of global standardization of heavy ion therapy equipment

“Music plays in the treatment room, and it is a relaxing environment. If nobody had told me, I wouldn’t have known I was being irradiated. There’s no pain and the irradiation time is short, so I’m gla…

2022/07/20
In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 2 -Introduction of new heavy ion technology shakes up the medical field

In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 2 -Introduction of new heavy ion technology shakes up the medical field

There are only seven units of heavy ion radiotherapy equipment in Japan. They are drawing attention as a new treatment, a paradigm shift in cancer treatment. This treatment was not available in the To…

2022/07/13
In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 1 -Lower burden from understanding the patient’s and medical staff’s perspective

In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 1 -Lower burden from understanding the patient’s and medical staff’s perspective

In the dead of night back in November 2018, a time when roads are quiet, cars few, a large truck left Sendai Port in northeast Japan. Its oversized load, slowly and steadily completing the overland le…

2022/07/06
Passing the Superconductivity Baton: Turning Adversity into Opportunity

Passing the Superconductivity Baton: Turning Adversity into Opportunity

Superconductivity sounds like a superpower, but it’s not—at least not in the traditional sense. It refers to the property of zero electrical resistance in some metals at very low absolute temperatures…

2019/06/19
Zero Electrical Resistance: Turning Dreams into Reality

Zero Electrical Resistance: Turning Dreams into Reality

In 2013, the Higgs boson came into our collective consciousness—even the least scientific-minded of us—when it won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Though its existence had been theorized since 1964, it wa…

2019/06/05