HORIBA, Ltd. has announced the prizewinners of the 2006 Masao Horiba Awards; Dr. Yasuko Terada, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute for "Innovation and Application of X-ray Microbeam Fluorescence Analysis Using High-energy Radiation", Dr. Hisashi Hayashi, Japan Women's University for "Development of New X-ray Spectrometry Using Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering", and Professor Koen Janssens, University of Antwerp, Belgium for "X-ray Based Speciation of Major and Trace Constituents in Heterogeneous Materials of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Origin". In addition, Professor Masami Ando, Tokyo University of Science was selected as the winner of the Masao Horiba Special Award for "Development of a System for Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer". The awards ceremony and a discussion session between the prizewinners and academic and research experts will be held at the Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University on Tuesday, October 17. For more information, visit http://www.jp.horiba.com/index_e.htm
