LEDs made with rare earth metals from seabed
Japanese researchers have successfully made light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, from rare earth metals found on the seabed south of the country. The presence of mud containing the rare metals w…
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Six Years After Fukushima, Robots Finally Find Reactors’ Melted Uranium Fuel
After three days of carefully navigating through a shattered reactor building, the Manbo finally reached the heavily damaged Unit 3 reactor. There, the robot beamed back video of a gaping hole at the…
world’s 1st digital medicine
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday it has obtained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and sell its oral aripiprazole tablets embedded with a miniscule sensor, the …
Multilingual robots unveiled in Tokyo
Multilingual robot concierges have been unveiled in Tokyo prior to trials that will gauge their ability to welcome visitors to the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike atte…
Man, insects may have common ancestors
A research team at the University of Tokyo says it has discovered more similarities in the way insects and mammals sense the environment through their bodies. Their findings were recently published i…
Fujitsu trials blockchain money transfers with Japan’s three biggest banks
Fujitsu is teaming up with Japan’s three largest banking groups – Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) – to conduct a joint field trial o…
Japan successfully launches Michibiki satellite
Japan's space agency has successfully launched a fourth and last satellite for its own version of a global positioning system. An H2A rocket carrying Michibiki No. 4 lifted off from the Tan…
insects with reversed sex genitalia
A group of four scientists, including two from Japan, won the spoof Ig Nobel biology prize on Thursday for their discovery of insects with genitalia that reverse the traditional sex roles.
Equipment to float building to offset tremors
Researchers have come up with a novel way to protect buildings from earthquake damage. A group consisting of a disaster-prevention research institute and private companies has developed a d…
turn disposable diaper waste into fuel
Three men whose companies are involved in the manufacture and sales of disposable diapers — the use of which is expected to increase with the aging population — have started an association in Nagoya …