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The article announces the winners of the Physical Society of Japan's (JPS) 2014 Award for Academic Papers on Physics, including "Superconductivity at 54 K in F-Free NdFeAsO1-y" by Hijiri Kito and colleagues, "Generalized G-Inflation: Inflation With the Most General Second-Order Field Equations" by Tsutomu Kobayashi and colleagues and "The Quiver Matrix Model and 2d-4d Conformal Connection" by Hiroshi Itoyama and colleagues.

The main goal of the Hokkaido University Nuclear Reaction Data Center (JCPRG) is the compilation, maintenance and application of databases for nuclear reactions. More specifically, our primary focus is to compile a database for all charged-particle or photon induced nuclear reactions that are measured in Japanese facilities. As a member of the International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC), we provide a database in Exchange Format (EXFOR), which is the universal common format maintained by NRDC. Our contribution to the EXFOR database reaches approximately 10% of the total entries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), an independent administrative agency established in 2001 and launched as an institute for ceramics and metals in Japan. Topics discussed include NIMS mission, personnel and annual income, research activity benchmarking, and research network. The external collaboration of NIMS in academic and industrial fields is also noted.

This review introduces the technique of helium ion microscopy along with some unique applications of this technology in the fields of electronics and biology, as performed at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, over the last several years. Observations of large-scale integrated circuits, analyses of low-dielectric-constant films with minimal damage, and assessments of copper metal in insulating films are discussed. The special characteristics of this technique are explained, including low-energy input to the material and minimal secondary electron energy resulting from helium ion irradiation. Applications to electronic materials, such as tuning the electrical conductivity of graphene films by helium ion beam irradiation and the formation of nanopore arrays on graphene films with nanometer-scale control, are presented. The use of helium ion microscopy to examine cellular tissues based on the low damage imparted by the ion beam is also evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the academic journals published by the Physical Society of Japan. Topics covered include the events organized by the organized to enhance researchers understanding of physics as well as annual assembly held by the group. Also mentioned are some of the studies featured in its journals.

Information about several papers presented at the official groundbreaking ceremony of SuperKEKB, the next generation electron-positron collider experiment, at Kobayashi Hall in KEK (the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Japan, on November 18, 2011, is presented. The ceremony featured speeches from Hiroaki Aihara, Professor at the University of Tokyo, Michael Procario, from Office of High Energy Physics and Katsunobu Oide, Director, Accelerator Laboratory, KEK.

The article discusses the highlights of the 12th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference (APPC12) held at the International Conference Hall from July 14 to 19, 2013 and the Third Meeting of the Asia Europe Physics Summit, both held in Chiba, Japan. It discusses the presentation of the AAPPS Chen Ning Yang Award at the APPC12 and the topics related to physics discussed in both events.

The article offers information on the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) whose new president is Professor Yasuhiro Shiraki. It focuses on the Science and Technology Basic Plan of JSAP which aims at developing various strategic policies for scientific and technological innovations. It further presents several important tasks which were completed by JSAP in the fiscal year 2011 including internationalization, collaboration with industries and development of the academic fields.

The article offers information on the study for clarifying the mechanism of a phase transition in URu2Sim, conducted by professors and researchers from Kyoto University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP). Researchers revealed that URu2Sim has a novel quantum state with a high rank moment.