Energy & Environment

2025.01.16

Paleo-Tokyo Bay: Was the seawater cold even in warm periods? Analysis of fossil shells reveals that temperature was approximately equal to present-day seawater temperature in Hokkaido

2025.01.15

Mass sardine beaching hits northern Japan, cleanup delayed

2025.01.15

Marine microplastics found in corals — Potentially remain on a millennium timescale, contributing to a reassessment of accumulation levels

2025.01.09

Toho Studios adopts hydrogen-fired power in 1st Japan commercial use

2025.01.08

Preservation of agricultural land around river confluences: TMU reports significant contribution to suppressing floods

2025.01.07

Japan to decide future of soil removed in Fukushima cleanup by spring

2024.12.24

AI-based app helping Japanese farmers forecast crop pests

2024.12.20

Large amounts of organic matter formed in the early Earth's atmosphere — Tohoku University, et al. hope to uncover the origin of life

2024.12.20

Seismic anisotropy observed deep in the mantle, possibly due to the deformation of high-pressure hydrous minerals

2024.12.16

20-year observation of Alaskan permafrost forests reveals 20% increase in CO₂ sink

2024.12.05

The University of Fukui develops new recycling method using supercritical fluid to decolorize fabric

2024.12.03

JAMSTEC develops technology for the diagnosis of metal corrosion caused by microorganisms

2024.11.25

Japan aims for all new vehicles to use biofuel by early 2030s

2024.11.21

Harmful red-tide-forming plankton release reactive oxygen species to maintain photosynthesis capacity — One step toward understanding toxicity to fish

2024.11.18

Kyoto University discovers correlation between ionospheric disturbances and crustal movement anomalies immediately before a major earthquake

2024.11.13

Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap, latest ever

2024.11.08

Kobe University develops desalting and rust-preventing sheet for bridge repainting that removes the source of "damage" like a compress

2024.11.07

Demonstration test for integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power generation for CO₂ separation and capture started under NEDO project

2024.11.01

Formation of organic matter on early Mars — Derived from formaldehyde in air

2024.10.31

Inedible coconut oil utilized to create 100% biomass-based aviation fuel

2024.10.28

Reducing methane emissions in paddy field soil using microorganisms — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides major grant for research project at Ibaraki University

2024.10.28

Hokkaido University achieves rapid measurement of magnesium ion concentrations in soil using paper-based device