In materials development and nanoscale research, the limitations of "trial-and-error development relying solely on conventional experiments" and the "dramatic evolution of computational techniques" have led to an increasing importance of "first-principles calculations" and "molecular dynamics simulations" day by day. The effects obtained through simulations include: - Dramatic reduction in development time and costs - Understanding atomic and electronic-level behaviors that are "invisible" in experiments - Integration with materials informatics (MI) - Considerations for sustainability and environmental and safety constraints However, for those who want to start simulations, the reality is that operating simulation software, creating input files, and setting up the environment present significant hurdles. Therefore, we would like to introduce the integrated GUI environment for nanomaterials analysis, "Advance/NanoLabo," provided by Advance Soft Corporation. Additionally, we will provide a beginner-friendly explanation of the world-standard computational engines "Quantum ESPRESSO" and "LAMMPS," which operate behind NanoLabo.

In the research of cell biology and neuroscience, an inseparable aspect is the "analysis of microscopic images." "Faced with a vast number of continuous slice images, I am tracing each one by hand..." "I have given up on advanced AI analysis because I lack programming knowledge..." Are you struggling with such concerns? Now, in the field of bioimaging, the evolution of software equipped with AI (artificial intelligence) technology is making these arduous manual tasks, which could be called "artisan skills," a thing of the past. This time, we will introduce the powerful workflow of "AIVIA," which achieves high-precision AI analysis without the need for programming, and "SegRef3D," which dramatically accelerates 3D reconstruction with the latest AI from Meta (SAM2).