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Osaka University, or Handai, is a public research university located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Osaka University is one of Japan's National Seven Universities and is generally considered one of Japan's most prestigious institutions of higher learning. It is usually ranked among the top three public universities in Japan, along with the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University. It is ranked third overall among Japanese universities and 71st worldwide in the 2020 QS World University Rankings.

New colorful plastic films for versatile sensors and electronic displays

“Innovative electronics is one of the many applications of modern plastics. Some recent research efforts have used plastic to improve the color realism of display technologies. Now, in a study recently published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, researchers from Osaka …

Using ‘time travel’ to think about technology from the perspective of future generations

“The world approaches an environmental tipping point, and our decisions now regarding energy, resources, and the environment will have profound consequences for the future. Despite this, most sustainable thought tends to be limited to the viewpoint of current generations. In …

Electronics can grow on trees thanks to nanocellulose paper semiconductors

“A team including researchers from Osaka University reports wood-derived semiconductors that can be tuned for use in a range of sustainable electronic devices. Semiconducting nanomaterials with 3D network structures have high surface areas and lots of pores that make them …

Towards the achievement of megatesla magnetic fields in the laboratory

“High-precision 3D supercomputer simulations reveal the 3D structure of theoretically predicted micron-scale megatesla magnetic fields, optimizing engineering design of laser conditions and micron-size target structures for future laser experiments Recently, a research team at Osaka University has successfully demonstrated the …

Patching up your health

“Researchers at Osaka University and JOANNEUM RESEARCH develop ultrathin self-powered e-health patches that can monitor a user’s pulse and blood pressure, which may lead to new flexible motion-based energy harvesting devices Scientists at Osaka University, in cooperation with JOANNEUM …

Shutting the nano-gate

“Researchers at Osaka University create voltage-controlled nanopores that can trap particles as they try to pass through, which may lead to single-molecule sensors, along with cheaper and faster genomic sequencing Scientists from the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research at …

Terahertz accelerates beyond 5G towards 6G

“Researchers at Osaka University demonstrate wireless transmission of uncompressed full-resolution 8K video using terahertz waves A team of researchers at Osaka University, together with Rohm Co., Ltd., has employed 300-GHz band terahertz waves as an information carrier that allows for …

Light-up wheels: Unique organic light-emitting molecular emitters

“Researchers at Osaka University design and synthesize highly efficient carbon-based 3rd-generation OLED molecular emitters by linking the donor and acceptor modules into a ring A team including researchers from Osaka University has produced a new molecular emitter for organic light-emitting …

A colossal step for electronics

“Scientists at Osaka University develop a new method for controlling the hydrogen content and conductivity of thin-film perovskite rare-earth nickelate resistors using applied electric fields, which may lead to new ion sensors and computer circuits Researchers at Osaka University demonstrated …

Toward imperceptible electronics that you cannot see or feel

“Researchers from Osaka University fabricated ultrathin, flexible, transparent sensors with cross-aligned silver nanowire microelectrodes fabricated using print technique that are scalable and require minimal raw materials Transparent electronics—such as head-up displays that allow pilots to read flight data while …