Abstract: Disclosed is a current-injection organic semiconductor laser diode comprising a pair of electrodes, an optical resonator structure, and one or more organic layers including a light amplification layer composed of an organic semiconductor, which has a sufficient overlap between the distribution of exciton density and the electric field intensity distribution of the resonant optical mode during current injection to emit laser light.

Abstract: An organic material represented by General Formula (1): where, in General Formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; n is an integer of from 1 through 3; X1 to X4 are each a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; and Z is a compound represented by General Formula (2), (3), or (4) below: where, in General Formulae (2) to (4), R2, R3, and R4 are each an alkyl group having 6 carbon atoms or more but 20 carbon atoms or less; and Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device containing both a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound represented by the following general formula (2) has a high light emission efficiency. The rings a to c each are a benzene ring that can be optionally condensed, R1 and R2 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, etc., four of R31 to R35 each are a substituted or unsubstituted carbazol-9-yl group, but all of these four are not the same, and the remaining one is a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, etc.

Abstract: Provided is a method for enabling recovery of metal element leaching capacity of a deep eutectic solvent used for leaching a metal element from an ore containing the metal element. A method for recycling a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent disclosed here includes: preparing a hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent used for leaching a metal element from an ore containing the metal element; and bringing the hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent and hydrochloric acid into contact with each other. In the hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent, a hydrogen bond donor is a carboxy group-containing compound, and a hydrogen bond acceptor is chloride salt. The amount of use of the hydrochloric acid is such that hydrogen chloride is 1 mole or more with respect to 1 mole of the hydrogen bond acceptor.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device including an organic light-emitting element and a control unit that controls the organic light-emitting element. The organic light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in which separation of charges occurs due to incidence of excited light. The control unit changes a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode so that recoupling of the charges occurs, in a second period after passage of a delay period from a first period in which the excited light is incident to the organic light-emitting layer.

Abstract: A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of multiple sclerosis, especially a pain accompanying multiple sclerosis such as neuropathic pain, which contains a compound having a P2X4 receptor antagonist activity such as a compound represented by the general formula (IH), or a salt thereof or a hydrate or solvate thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for injecting carbon dioxide into underground capable of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and injecting it into underground in a harmless state and at a low cost, the apparatus including: a capturing unit configured to concentrate carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and capture concentrated carbon dioxide as a mixture gas; and an injection well connected to the capturing unit for pressurizing the mixture gas and injecting the mixture gas into an underground reservoir, in which the capturing unit adjusts a proportion of carbon dioxide in the mixture gas to 25% by volume or more.

Abstract: Disclosed are a current excitation type organic semiconductor laser containing a pair of electrodes, an organic laser active layer and an optical resonator structure between the pair of electrodes and a laser having an organic layer on a distributed feedback grating structure. The lasers include a continuous-wave laser, a quasi-continuous-wave laser and an electrically driven semiconductor laser diode.

Abstract: An organic light-receiving element includes an organic light-receiving layer containing a plurality of organic semiconductor molecules. Each of the plurality of organic semiconductor molecules is a molecule in which an excited state enabling reverse intersystem crossing from a lowest excited triplet state to a lowest excited singlet state is formed in each of the plurality of organic semiconductor molecules due to irradiation with light.

Abstract: A method for producing a microbial oil includes steps of: genetically modifying a labyrinthulid by disrupting and/or silencing a gene, or by transforming another gene in addition to the disruption and/or gene silencing of the gene, and culturing the labyrinthulid, such that a fatty acid composition accumulated in the labyrinthulid comprises an increased EPA content; and collecting the microbial oil having the increased EPA content from the labyrinthulid. The labyrinthulid before the modification is selected from (A) a labyrinthulid belonging to the genus Parietichytrium or genus Schizochytrium and having very weak or no activity of producing PUFAs via a PUFA-PKS pathway; and (B) a labyrinthulid belonging to the genus Thraustochytrium in which a host PUFA-PKS gene is disrupted or silenced to a very weak level. The increased EPA content is preferably not less than 11.5% of a total fatty acid composition.

Abstract: A surface protection composition having a compound represented by the formula (1) in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mass % in terms of phosphorus element with respect to the total amount of the composition, the compound (b) the metal-containing compound in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mass % in terms of a metal element with the total amount of the composition or the amine compound in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 mass % in terms of nitrogen element the total amount of the composition, the compound (c) (meth)acrylate having 2 or more carbon-carbon double bonds and hydrocarbon chains having four or more carbon atoms in an amount of 1.0 to 70 mass % with the total amount of the composition, the compound (d) a photopolymerization initiator in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mass % with the total amount of the composition.

Abstract: A method for designing a protein capable of binding in an RNA base selective manner or RNA base sequence specific manner is provided.

Abstract: It is desired to develop a method of producing hydrogen peroxide, which is capable of producing hydrogen peroxide with high production efficiency. According to the present invention, provided is a palladium-containing composition comprising palladium particles and a coating agent that coats the surface of the palladium particles, wherein a compound having an O?X structure (wherein X represents any of a phosphorus atom, a sulfur atom, and a carbon atom) is comprised as the coating agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition containing an electron-donating polymer (D) and an electron-withdrawing polymer (A), wherein the electron-donating polymer (D) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1a), Y1a in the following formula (1a) is a divalent group represented by the following formula (3a), and the electron-withdrawing polymer (A) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (4a): wherein the symbols in the formulas are as described in the DESCRIPTION.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel agent capable of activating SIRT6. A sirtuin 6 activator containing a urolithin as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound for treating or preventing diseases caused by mitochondrial hyperfission. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 and R1? are each independently hydrogen, an optionally substituted lower alkyl, an optionally substituted lower cycloalkyl, and the like; R2 is an optionally substituted lower alkyl, an optionally substituted lower cycloalkyl, and the like; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, an optionally substituted lower alkyl, and the like; R5 and R6 are each independently an optionally substituted lower alkyl; an optionally substituted lower cycloalkyl, and the like; X is nitrogen or oxygen; Y is carbon, nitrogen or oxygen; and a broken line represents the presence or absence of a bond; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, or a prodrug thereof.

Abstract: It was found that four nuclease domain mutants have nuclease activity superior to that of a wild-type nuclease domain and are capable of enhancing genome editing efficiency in combination with various nucleic acid binding domains.

Abstract: To provide a metal-containing additive and a crosslinkable polymer composition that each contain a ?-diketonato metal complex and have excellent storage stability, and provide a crosslinked polymer material, a metal member, and a wire harness that are each produced using such a crosslinkable polymer composition. The metal-containing additive includes the ?-diketonato metal complex and a primary alkyl alcohol having 4 to 30 carbon atoms. The crosslinkable polymer composition includes the metal-containing additive and an organic polymer, where the organic polymer has a substituent capable of forming ionic bonds with metal ions released by heat from the metal-containing additive.

Abstract: A crosslinkable polymer composition and a crosslinked polymer material including a metal member and a wiring harness. The crosslinkable polymer composition contains component A from which metal ion is released by heat, component B containing an organic polymer having a substituent capable of ionic bonding with the metal ion released from component A, and component C containing one or more acidic phosphate ester with a carbon number of 4 to 30. Assuming that the metal ion released from component A has a valence of +y and a content of the metal ion is m mol, the substituent contained in component B has a valence of ?z and a content of the substituent is n mol, the acidic phosphate constituting component C has a valence of ?x and a content of the acidic phosphate esters is 1 mol g?0.1 holds for g=(m·y?l·x)/(n·z).

Abstract: An information processing device, for communicating with an autonomous mobile device, includes circuitry and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute transmitting an operation command of an operator of the autonomous mobile device to the autonomous mobile device existing in a real world and a virtual mobile device simulating the autonomous mobile device and existing in a virtual world simulating the real world, and switching from a real mode to a virtual mode when the autonomous mobile device detects an inhibitor inhibiting operability of the operator to operate the autonomous mobile device, the real mode providing the operator with sensory feedback corresponding to an autonomous movement of the autonomous mobile device in the real world, and the virtual mode providing the operator with sensory feedback corresponding to a movement according to the operation command of the virtual mobile device in the virtual world.