May Festival Open Lecture
Content List
What Country Is Gonna Do It If Japan Doesn't?: Advanced Utilization of Biomass [JP]
Biomass is renewable resource in the nature. In order to get enough energy sources and materials in the future, this is an important question: how we can use biomass more effectively? In this lecture, Prof. Igarashi shows his tentative answer he found through research of microorganism utilizing biomass in the nature. NOTE: - No subtitles. This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
Homework from Einstein: Challenges to Direct Observation of Gravitational Waves [JP]
Albert Einstein predicted the wave phenomena we today call "gravitational waves" 100 years ago. The first observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016. This attainment opened a new era of astronomy. In this lecture, Prof. Miyoki explains the properties of gravitational waves and the methods of …