Event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in front of the Nobel Prize announcement Tokyo, Koto Ward, October 6, 15:46
A talk event related to the Nobel Prize is being held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Koto-ku, Tokyo, before the announcement of the Nobel Prize starts on the 7th.
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation holds an event every year according to the time the Nobel Prize is announced. In fact, the Science Communicator holds a talk event twice a day, changing the topic.
On the 6th, we explained the synthesis method of new substances discovered by Akira Suzuki and Eiichi Negishi, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 9 years ago, and applied to the manufacture of smartphone screens and the development of new agricultural chemicals. Also introduced.
Parents and other children gathered at the venue and listened.
In addition, a panel introducing researchers who are expected to receive awards at the talk event was also exhibited, Hidetoshi Katori who developed the principle of an ultra-high precision clock at the Physics Award, and lithium ion battery development at the Chemistry Award. Koichi Mizushima and Akira Yoshino who contributed were listed.
This talk event is held twice a day, both in the morning and in the afternoon, except closed days until the 19th of this month.
Sakiko Tanaka, a science communicator at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, said, “I thought it would be possible for a Japanese award to be enough and it would be an opportunity for children to be interested in science.”