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The strategic importance of STI is growing in today's society, and countries are competing to achieve excellence in this field. Innovation is facilitated in an environment where diverse human resources interact, collaborate, and compete.

Biomass resources play a key role in promoting low-carbon energy. In Japan, microalgae, which are photosynthetic algae and useful as a material for various products, are currently looked at through expectant eyes.

R&D managers are expected to excel in various roles by leveraging their individual expertise. They are tasked with creating an environment that allows researchers to concentrate on their work.

A simulation model to rationally determine the quarantine duration of patients with mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), an infectious disease of which worldwide spread is concerned, has been developed.