Civil engineering [News] Applying pH indicator to walls with a small drone to diagnose sewer deterioration
On June 5, 2026, a joint research team from Nihon Hume Co., Ltd., Liberaware Inc., and Nihon University conducted a publ...
Civil engineering 
IT [Explanation] Tamron has put into practical use with a heat-resistant chip-type next-generation light source
Tamron has succeeded in the practical application of a heat-resistant chip-type "Metasurface Near-Infrared Light Source ...
IT [Explanation] PHOTON: An LLM Architecture That Efficiently Utilizes GPUs
Research teams from Fujitsu and RIKEN have announced a new architecture called "PHOTON," which dramatically improves the...
economy [News] Fujitsu develops LLM architecture ‘PHOTON’
On June 24, 2026, Fujitsu Limited announced the development of a new architecture called "PHOTON," which dramatically im...
IT [Explanation] OpenAI’s first AI chip, Jalapeño,
OpenAI, in collaboration with major U.S. semiconductor company Broadcom, has announced its first independently designed ...
economy [News] Aisan Industrial Group Establishes High-Purity Tungsten Manufacturing Technology
Tris of the Aisan Kogyo Group has established a manufacturing technology for high-purity tungsten suitable for semicondu...
economy [News] Kyushu Electric Power strengthens growth businesses including renewable energy
In its new management vision for fiscal year 2035, Kyushu Electric Power has announced a strategy to make renewable ener...
economy [News] U.S. Government to Provide Financing for New Nuclear Power Plant Construction
The U.S. government has set up a $17.5 billion conditional loan facility for new nuclear power installations and supply ...
economy [News] CEO of Dutch ASML Measures EU Interference in Semiconductor Supply Chain
Christoph Fouke, CEO of ASML, a major Dutch semiconductor manufacturing company, expressed strong concern and criticism ...
IT [Explanation] Version Update of GPT-5.5 Instant
On June 24, 2026, OpenAI released the latest version of its flagship model, GPT-5.5 Instant. This update significantly e...