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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

File photo taken on Nov. 22, 2024 shows the acrylic sphere of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory Operation - Chin

File photo taken on Dec. 17, 2024 shows photo-multiplier tubes seen from top of the acrylic sphere of the liquid-scintillator detector in Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, JUNO in Guangdong began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction, on August 26, 2025 in Beijing, China. Photo by Jin Liwang Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Liquid Filling At Neutrino Observatory - China

This photo taken on December 17, 2024 shows photo-multiplier tubes seen from the top of the acrylic sphere of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The liquid filling of the central detector of JUNO started on Wednesday. As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Liquid Filling At Neutrino Observatory - China

This photo taken on December 17, 2024 shows photo-multiplier tubes inside the acrylic sphere of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The liquid filling of the central detector of JUNO started on Wednesday. As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory - China

Researchers Ma Xiaoyan (R) and Zhao Jie check the acrylic sphere of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, November 23, 2024. The main part of the central detector has been constructed recently. As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory JUNO - China

This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2024 shows the acrylic sphere of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) being cleaned in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The main part of the central detector has been constructed recently. As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory JUNO - China

This photo taken on Nov. 22, 2024 shows the acrylic sphere of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The main part of the central detector has been constructed recently. As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory JUNO - China

Researchers Ma Xiaoyan (R) and Zhao Jie check the acrylic sphere of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 23, 2024. The main part of the central detector has been constructed recently. As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Underground Neutrino Observatory JUNO - China

This photo taken on Nov. 22, 2024 shows the acrylic sphere of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province. The main part of the central detector has been constructed recently. As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

Qin Zhonghua works at the construction site of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP)

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

A staff member works beside the water tank of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of Hig

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

A staff member inspects the acrylic sphere inside the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

An aerial drone photo shows ground facilities of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of High Energy Physics (IH

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

Wang Yifang (L), chief scientist of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) and head of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the CAS, talks with his colleague at an experiment hall in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operati

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

Ma Xiaoyan (L) talks with a staff member at the bottom of the water tank of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, ac

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

A staff member inspects the acrylic sphere inside the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

This photo shows the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) under construction in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of High Energy P

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

Staff members clean parts of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of High Energy Physics

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

This photo shows the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) under construction in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 9, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of High Energy P

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World's Largest Neutrino Observatory - China

Staff members install photo-multiplier tubes of the central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. China has constructed the world's largest transparent spherical detector 700 meters underground to capture elusive neutrinos, often dubbed "ghost particles," to unravel the secrets of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely vast in the universe. The 12-story-tall acrylic sphere with a diameter of 35.4 meters, buried deep in a granite layer of a hill in Kaiping, Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, is the core part of JUNO, a gigantic and complex scientific facility. The construction of the challenging project, launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Guangdong government in 2015, has entered the final stage. Installation of the entire device is expected to be completed by the end of November, and the full operation of the facility is scheduled for August 2025, according to the Institute of

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-EXHIBITION-WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

(240309) -- WINDHOEK, March 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman takes photos of artworks at the exhibition titled "Inspire Inclusion" in Windhoek, Namibia, on March 8, 2024. Eye-catching and thought-provoking artworks created with acrylic on stitched canvas and embroidery on fabric are currently on display at the Franco Namibia Cultural Center gallery in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. TO GO WITH "Exhibition highlights women's empowerment, gender gaps in Namibia" (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua)

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Exhibition on works of Chinese Australian artists held in Sydney

STORY: Exhibition on works of Chinese Australian artists held in Sydney DATELINE: May 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: A painting exhibition opened in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, featuring over 60 artworks created by Chinese Australian artists to boost dialogue between Eastern and Western cultures. Held at the China Cultural Center in Sydney, the exhibition was divided into two sections with the paintings of three artists and also siblings. The first section includes more than 40 ink paintings by Ren Jianguo, who once learned from famous Chinese painter Li Keran, while the second presents the works of Ren Guozhong and Ren Lihong with acrylic and color hand-painting as a medium. Like being immersed in an artistic journey from past to present, visitors can not only sense the beauty of China's mountains and water scenery and street views in traditional Chinese painting styles, but also enjoy innovative combinati

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China's annual parliamentary session

Photo taken on March 3, 2023, shows acrylic boards to prevent the spread of COVID-19 installed in a restaurant in a hotel in Beijing set to host attendees of the National People's Congress opening on March 5.

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Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

NAGOYA, Japan - Kuniaki Nagayama, a professor emeritus in biophysics at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, poses on March 7, 2014, with a smartphone equipped with "Leye," a flat, detachable acrylic lens he has developed to turn the phone into a scientific microscope. On the upper right is a projected image of a fly's leg as seen through the lens.

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Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

NAGOYA, Japan - A smartphone equipped with "Leye," a flat, detachable acrylic lens developed by Kuniaki Nagayama, a professor emeritus in biophysics at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows an enlarged image of a fly's leg on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - A man wipes the acrylic board in front of photographers and cameramen during the intermission of an ice hockey game at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 13, 2014.

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Lawyers visit Nepalese man at immigration office

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyers Hiroshi Kamiyama (L) and Shozaburo Ishida meet the press after visiting Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese granted a retrial over a 1997 murder case, at the Yokohama Office of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on June 13, 2012. The lawyers visited Mainali as they wished to see him one more time before his pending repatriation. During their meeting, Kamiyama, who headed a group of lawyers for Mainali, exchanged a high-five with him through the acrylic sheet that separated them, while the Nepalese told Kamiyama, "Finally, I have something to tell you. Please get married soon," according to the lawyers.

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Seawater coral aquarium makes debut in Fukui Pref.

SAKAI, Japan - A child looks at fishes through a 10-centimeter-thick acrylic, tempered glass frame of a newly-opened seawater coral aquarium built at the Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Sasai, Fukui Prefecture.

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Seawater coral aquarium makes debut in Fukui Pref.

SAKAI, Japan - A child looks at fishes through a 10-centimeter-thick acrylic, tempered glass frame of a newly-opened seawater coral aquarium built at the Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Sasai, Fukui Prefecture.

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Initiation ceremony in water at aquarium

TSU, Japan - Visitors watch an initiation ceremony for a new employee in an acrylic water tank at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, on April 1. Chiaki Sawayama, surrounded by about 300 fish and turtles of 100 kinds, received a letter of approval for her recruitment from a deputy chief of the aquarium during the ceremony. An estimated 820,000 new recruits marked their first day of work across Japan the same day.

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Asahiyama Zoo to open corridor to watch chimpanzees

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - The Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido holds a press preview of a new chimpanzee forest where visitors can watch the chimps from a transparent ''sky bridge'' made of acrylic plastic 5 meters above the ground. The aerial corridor will open to the public from Aug. 5.

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World Cup soccer stadium's lawn to be sold

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The city of Yokohama announced Aug. 21 it will put on sale part of the turf at International Stadium Yokohama, where the World Cup final between Brazil and Germany was held. A piece of turf encased in a block of acrylic resin, 4 centimeters long, 5.5 cm wide and 3.5 cm high, will be available for 2,500 yen.

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Scene from Beijing Olympics

A volunteer, called a snow boy, cleans an acrylic board in front of camera crews at the ice hockey competition venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 13, 2022, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Scene in Beijing ahead of Olympics

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2022, shows acrylic boards set up at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing to separate spectators from people related to the Winter Olympics, set to open on Feb. 4, amid COVID-19 worries.

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Scene in Beijing ahead of Olympics

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2022, shows acrylic boards set up at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing to separate spectators from people related to the Winter Olympics, set to open on Feb. 4, amid COVID-19 worries.

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Laforet Harajuku reopened for business after the state of emergency was lifted.

Following the lifting of the emergency declaration for the entire area, Laforet Harajuku reopened for business on June 1, 2008. LHP WOMEN, a tenant of Laforet Harajuku, installed an acrylic panel in front of the cash register. (June 1, 2020, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Vice President Harris Swears In Bill Nelson As NASA Administrator

A moon rock encased in acrylic sits on a table ahead of Bill Nelson, former Democratic Senator from Florida and administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), during a swearing in ceremony with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 3, 2021. The Senate confirmed Nelson on April 29 and had served as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Harris Swears In Bill Nelson As NASA Administrator

A moon rock encased in acrylic sits on a table ahead of Bill Nelson, former Democratic Senator from Florida and administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), during a swearing in ceremony with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 3, 2021. The Senate confirmed Nelson on April 29 and had served as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Harris Swears In Bill Nelson As NASA Administrator

A moon rock encased in acrylic sits on a table ahead of Bill Nelson, former Democratic Senator from Florida and administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), during a swearing in ceremony with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 3, 2021. The Senate confirmed Nelson on April 29 and had served as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Harris Swears In Bill Nelson As NASA Administrator

A White House staffer takes a picture of a moon rock encased in acrylic ahead of Bill Nelson, former Democratic Senator from Florida and administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), during a swearing in ceremony with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 3, 2021. The Senate confirmed Nelson on April 29 and had served as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Harris Swears In Bill Nelson As NASA Administrator

A moon rock encased in acrylic sits on a table ahead of Bill Nelson, former Democratic Senator from Florida and administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), during a swearing in ceremony with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 3, 2021. The Senate confirmed Nelson on April 29 and had served as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Republic Leather's plating replacement film

Kyowa Leather has developed a plating-free high-intensity film that can be used to decorate aluminum wheels and other automotive exterior parts without plating. The company is working with exterior parts manufacturers to improve the film, aiming to commercialize it in December 2020. The film has a four-layer structure, consisting of a transparent surface layer made of fluoroplastic, a metal layer made of the same metal material with excellent weatherability and acid resistance vapor-deposited in a "sea-island structure," a base layer made of vinyl chloride or acrylic resin, and an adhesive layer. Currently, Ryuta Kawashima, director of the company, says that "it is difficult to build new factories for plating due to environmental concerns such as soil contamination. In the future, the company aims to add value to automobile exterior parts by considering the development of integrated molding technology for wheels and films. Photo taken on June 24, 2019,credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Prototype sound-absorbing material mixed with Mitsubishi Chemical's XAI

XAI, the ultra-fine fiber proposed by Mitsubishi Chemical as a sound-absorbing material, is less than one-tenth the fineness of ordinary fibersfor sound-absorbing materials. By mixing 10% of XAI with conventional materials such as felt, it is possible to achieve the same sound absorption performance with about half the weight of conventional materials alone. Photo taken on June 3, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Asahi Kasei's rigid sound-absorbing foamed products

Asahi Kasei has developed a material made of foamed polyamide hollow beads of 2 mm to 3 mm in diameter. Taking advantage of its hardness and high heat resistance, the company is proposing the material as a component for engine compartment peripherals. The material, which is less than two centimeters thick and is combined with the company's non-woven fabric "Precise," has twice the sound-absorbing property at 1,000 Hz compared to a melamine foam material of the same thickness. In addition to preventing the transmission of sound, the material can also reduce the reflection of sound inside the container when it is processed into a container and the source of sound is placed inside. Photo taken on June 3, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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G-20 meeting of finance chiefs, central bank governors

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speak behind an acrylic panel amid the coronavirus pandemic during a press conference after a meeting of Group of 20 finance chiefs and central bank governors in Venice, Italy, on July 10, 2021.

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Rakuten, Japan Post in capital tie-up

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (L) and Japan Post Holdings Co. President and CEO Hiroya Masuda fist bump through a transparent acrylic board at a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The two companies said the same day Rakuten will sell an 8.32 percent stake to Japan Post for about 150 billion yen ($1.38 billion).

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Japanese minister in charge of vaccination

Taro Kono, Japanese minister in charge of vaccination efforts, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2021, with a transparent acrylic board set in front of him to prevent coronavirus infection.

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Japanese minister in charge of vaccination

Taro Kono, Japanese minister in charge of vaccination efforts, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2021, with a transparent acrylic board set in front of him to prevent coronavirus infection.

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Japan PM Suga at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2021, with a transparent acrylic board set in front of him to prevent coronavirus infections.

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Japanese administrative reform minister Taro Kono

Japanese administrative reform minister Taro Kono speaks at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2021, with a transparent acrylic board set in front of him amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.