Nara Institute of Science and Technology Takayuki Yanagida Professor, Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) was officially established in 1991, making NAIST one of the newest national universities in Japan. NAIST is in Nara prefecture and is close to Nara city. Approximately 1,300 years ago, Nara was the first capital city of Japan and consequently there are many ancient t
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The Department of Physics, Nagoya University Yuko Okamoto Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University Fig. 1: Newton's apple tree with flowers and Buildings B (right) and C (left) at the School of Science, Nagoya University (April, 2020). The lecture rooms and research groups of the Department of Physics are now housed in Buildings A, B, C, D, the Science Hall, the Science and Agricultural Building, and the Engineering and Science Building. HISTORY In 2011, a clone of N
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School of Chemistry and Physics of QUT Jennifer MacLeod School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia INTRODUCTION Queensland University of Technology: QUT is a major Australian university with a global reputation and a 'real world' focus. Our courses equip our students and graduates with the skills they need for the world of today and tomorrow. QUT is an ambitious institution, with a rapidly growing research output focused on technol
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Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center at Hiroshima University Kenya Shimada Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (Hisor), Hiroshima University, Japan INTRODUCTION The Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center is a common synchrotron facility located at the Higashi-Hiroshima campus of Hiroshima University in Japan (Fig. 1). The campus is about 30 km east of Hiroshima city and about 20 km south-east of Hiroshima Airport. The center was established in 1996, as part of the academic policies of the
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The Department of Physics at Northeastern University, China WEI-JIANG GONG, QI WANG, AND YONG HU Department of Physics, Northeastern University Northeastern University Northeastern University, China (NEU) was founded over 90 years ago, on April 26, 1923. The university's motto is "to strive constantly for improvement and to behave in conformity with the knowledge". NEU is affiliated with a number of high-level scientific research achievements, such as the creation of China's first analog comput
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Accelerating Charged Particles at VECC TAPAS SAMANTA VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE, KOLKATA, INDIA ABSTRACT Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, a research organization under the department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, is a premiere accelerator center located in Kolkata (Fig. 1), India. This article describes the evolution this Centre since its inception to the present state of three different cyclotrons all operating successfully with three distinct purposes. The most interesting one
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