Contents

[Special Feature]
Innovation and ֱapp
What are the kinds of “new combinations” in Japan as seen through the eyes of the Executive Vice President of the University of Tokyo and the President of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)?
♦ Feature

[Curiosity and Innovation]
Innovation and Universities
Examples from physics that demonstrate the crucial relationship between science and usefulness to society
♦ CERN
♦ Muons

ֱapp’s Research Innovation
Examples of research into photocatalysis, origami and influenza, plus the history of and prospects for university-industry collaboration
♦ Origami

ֱapp’s “Ginkgo Crest” Entrepreneurs in the Spotlight
University Alumni Making New Waves Everywhere

Education and Innovation
Two Famous Classes Held at the University of Tokyo

Graduate Student Discussion
What do students affiliated with innovation-oriented laboratories think about innovation themselves?

[Invitation to Science]