In Asakura, the river follows the past. Long before modern science, villagers reshaped the land. Researchers are now learning how those systems still work, collaborating with local communities to manage rivers and prevent disasters while preserving biodiversity.

Collaboration with the Max Planck Society: The Max Planck Society and its institutes have long-standing research partnerships in the field of quantum materials and engage in active collaboration with industry and startups.

Innovative AI platform: Alqem AI's platform combines extensive databases of material predictions with high-quality training data and laboratory synthesis to turn digital predictions into real materials.

Partnership with Alqem AI: Alqem AI is launching a project to identify new magnetic materials that do not contain rare earth elements. The company is receiving support for this subproject from Prof. Claudia Felser, director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids.

Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, yet once damaged, it cannot regenerate naturally. To overcome this limitation, scientists are investigating the biology of enamel-forming cells and the molecular signals that guide their development. In a new study, researchers combined cutting-edge stem cell and organoid technologies to explore these mechanisms, generating insights that could help pave the way for future biological approaches to tooth repair.

Learners often experience information overload when viewing and listening to presentations on PowerPoint. Addressing this, researchers in Japan proposed a ‘cumulative presentation’ design, in which visual content is segmented, and each segment appears alongside the relevant verbal explanation. By analyzing learners’ test scores and eye movements, researchers found that compared to the traditional format, in which information appeared all at once, cumulative presentation directed learners’ attention to relevant information and improved learning.