Mysteries of material ― From birth of materials to future of humans (Global Focus on Knowledge)
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Why do we exist?
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#1 Birth of universe
[Outline] This Global Focus on Knowledge course will cover wide spectrum of topics from the universe and materials to life and vision for a sustainable society. As our starting point, we will think about why we exist in the universe, how matter was created and how stars and galaxies were formed. The universe would have been featureless, empty and disordered if there were not for inflation that en…
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#2 Birth of matter
[Outline] This Global Focus on Knowledge course will cover wide spectrum of topics from the universe and materials to life and vision for a sustainable society. As our starting point, we will think about why we exist in the universe, how matter was created and how stars and galaxies were formed. The universe would have been featureless, empty and disordered if there were not for inflation that en…
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#3 Birth of galaxies
[Outline] This Global Focus on Knowledge course will cover wide spectrum of topics from the universe and materials to life and vision for a sustainable society. As our starting point, we will think about why we exist in the universe, how matter was created and how stars and galaxies were formed. The universe would have been featureless, empty and disordered if there were not for inflation that en…
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Beginning of materials science
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#4 Modern society and materials science, structures of atoms, molecules and materials
[Outline] Science of strength, workability and other characteristics of metal will be overviewed. How metals are applied as materials to various structures and devices seen in daily life will be introduced, in addition to metal’s evolution as stuff and ingredients.[Outline] Water is one of the two most crucial liquids on Earth. The other is oil. It symbolizes purity, and covers 70% of Earth’s sur…
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#5 Where do characteristics (physical properties) of materials come from?
[Outline] Various equipment, machinery and materials upon which modern society was built were developed by making use a wide variety of characteristics (physical properties) of materials. Materials science is the academic basis to utilize their properties smartly. All materials consist of numerous combinations of about 100 elements. We will first look at atoms as the components of materials, and …
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#6 Strange world of quanta
[Outline] Various equipment, machinery and materials upon which modern society was built were developed by making use a wide variety of characteristics (physical properties) of materials. Materials science is the academic basis to utilize their properties smartly. All materials consist of numerous combinations of about 100 elements. We will first look at atoms as the components of materials, and …
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Modern society and materials
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#7 Science of metal and its applications as material
[Outline] Science of strength, workability and other characteristics of metal will be overviewed. How metals are applied as materials to various structures and devices seen in daily life will be introduced, in addition to metal’s evolution as stuff and ingredients.[Outline] Water is one of the two most crucial liquids on Earth. The other is oil. It symbolizes purity, and covers 70% of Earth’s sur…
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#9 Semiconductor quantum dots – Nanoworld to manipulate electrons and photons
[Outline] Science of strength, workability and other characteristics of metal will be overviewed. How metals are applied as materials to various structures and devices seen in daily life will be introduced, in addition to metal’s evolution as stuff and ingredients.[Outline] Water is one of the two most crucial liquids on Earth. The other is oil. It symbolizes purity, and covers 70% of Earth’s sur…
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#10 Science of radiation risk and protection
[Outline] Science of strength, workability and other characteristics of metal will be overviewed. How metals are applied as materials to various structures and devices seen in daily life will be introduced, in addition to metal’s evolution as stuff and ingredients.[Outline] Water is one of the two most crucial liquids on Earth. The other is oil. It symbolizes purity, and covers 70% of Earth’s sur…
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#11 Physics of chewing gum
[Outline] Science of strength, workability and other characteristics of metal will be overviewed. How metals are applied as materials to various structures and devices seen in daily life will be introduced, in addition to metal’s evolution as stuff and ingredients.[Outline] Water is one of the two most crucial liquids on Earth. The other is oil. It symbolizes purity, and covers 70% of Earth’s sur…
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#12 Science of photofunctional materials – Creation of new medical technology based on chemistry
[Outline] Science of strength, workability and other characteristics of metal will be overviewed. How metals are applied as materials to various structures and devices seen in daily life will be introduced, in addition to metal’s evolution as stuff and ingredients.[Outline] Water is one of the two most crucial liquids on Earth. The other is oil. It symbolizes purity, and covers 70% of Earth’s sur…
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#13 Renewable energy and social sustainability to be developed by materials science
[Outline] Science of strength, workability and other characteristics of metal will be overviewed. How metals are applied as materials to various structures and devices seen in daily life will be introduced, in addition to metal’s evolution as stuff and ingredients.[Outline] Water is one of the two most crucial liquids on Earth. The other is oil. It symbolizes purity, and covers 70% of Earth’s sur…
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