Superconductivity

Superconducting Technology can Pave the Way to a Carbon-Neutral Future and a Richer World.

Superconducting Technology can Pave the Way to a Carbon-Neutral Future and a Richer World.

The captivating photograph above shows plasma glowing purple around a disk-shaped superconductor, free from all electrical resistance and floating in vacuum, supported by electromagnetic force. Superc…

2024/10/15
Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part2 -The next step is to fly with them

Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part2 -The next step is to fly with them

The aviation industry aims to reduce CO₂emissions from international flights by 15% from 2024 on, benchmarked against 2019, and to cut them to net zero by 2050. In Part 1 of this two-part article we r…

2023/04/19
Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part1 – Breaking Down Barriers No One has Overcome, for the Future of Aircraft

Superconducting Motors are on the Flight Path to Carbon Neutral Planes, Part1 – Breaking Down Barriers No One has Overcome, for the Future of Aircraft

In October 2022, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN specialized agency that coordinates and develops international air navigation and travel, set new targets for reducing CO₂ emissi…

2023/04/07
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