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Kyoto University is a national university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, one of Asia's highest ranked universities and one of Japan's National Seven Universities. One of Asia's leading research-oriented institutions, Kyoto University is famed for producing world-class researchers, including 19 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize winner . It has the most Nobel laureates of all universities in Asia.

Einstein finally warms up to quantum mechanics?

“Einstein was no stranger to mathematical challenges. He struggled to define energy in a way that acknowledged both the law of energy conservation and covariance, which is general relativity’s fundamental feature where physical laws are the same for all …

Capturing the surprising flexibility of crystal surfaces

“Real-time imaging has shown the surprising flexibility of a crystal surface upon guest molecule introduction, with implications for storage and sensing devices Images taken using an atomic force microscope have allowed researchers to observe, for the first time, the flexible …

A new ‘periodic table’ for nanomaterials

“The table groups molecules according to the nano-shapes they form The approach was developed by Daniel Packwood of Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Taro Hitosugi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It involves connecting the …