Researchers at Kanazawa University are engaged in a variety of research projects. More than 100 research papers are published every month. The "papers of the month" award is an honor bestowed upon the best academic papers, which will contribute to the development of human intelligence.

Papers of the Month Dec 2020

• Japan's World Heritage promotion and national evocation of Meiji nostalgia: the decision-making process and its outcome

  Ryoko Nakano (Faculty of Law, Institute of Human and Social Sciences)

  "Mobilizing Meiji nostalgia and intentional forgetting in Japan’s World Heritage promotion"

  Int. J. Asian Stud.

• Use of chemically modified cellulose as adsorbent for selective recovery of precious metals from waste sources

  Hiroshi Hasegawa (Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Engineering), Katsuhiro Maeda (WPI Nano Life Science Institute), et al.

  "Selective recovery of silver and palladium from acidic waste solutions using dithiocarbamate-functionalized cellulose"

  Chem. Eng. J.

• Generation of quaternary carbon center by transition metal-free cross coupling

  Hirohisa Ohmiya (Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences), et al.

  "Transition-metal-free cross-coupling by using tertiary benzylic organoboronates"

  Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit.