Energy & Environment

2026.04.28

Suzuki producing biogas auto fuel from cow dung in India

2026.04.28

Setting up nuclear fusion with 12 beams, GEKKO XII at the University of Osaka ILE

2026.04.27

Development of a portable monitoring sensor for the prevention of underwater robot collision accidents

2026.04.27

Visualizing subsurface structures with drone-based magnetic surveys — AIST successfully acquires data at Mount Aso crater

2026.04.21

World's first automated greenhouse gas observation of Earth's "surface" from inside passenger aircraft by ANA and others

2026.04.17

Energy-efficient ammonia recovery from digestate — First-of-its-kind technology in Japan developed under NEDO program

2026.04.16

JAMSTEC reveals that ocean heat transport to the Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean increased 1.5 times over 20 years

2026.04.09

Kyoto University quantitatively analyzes how the international burden of climate action should be shared

2026.04.08

Record January heavy snowfall may be linked to global warming — Hokkaido University releases preliminary analysis

2026.04.02

A Look Around Innovation, Part 28: Absorbing only green light to achieve both agriculture and power generation: Environmentally friendly wavelength-selective organic solar cells

2026.03.23

Two working groups hold inaugural meetings: Public-private investment across 17 strategic fields — Government launches full-scale review with roadmap expected this spring

2026.03.19

Table coral found living in Yokosuka: Setting a new northernmost habitat record by 30 kilometers — Survey conducted by Rikkyo University and others

2026.03.17

Kochi University, Kyushu University find Geomagnetic reversal lasted "up to 70,000 years"

2026.03.06

Coral reefs: Worth Protecting for more than just beauty — Predicting their "natural breakwater" effect

2026.02.26

Large-scale analysis of real-world production data from mandarin orange orchards: Soil can be improved through reduction of pesticides and fertilizers

2026.02.25

A Look Around Innovation, Part 26: Reducing frictional resistance with an advanced air lubrication system — Using the IoT to make ship operations more energy efficient

2026.02.18

Massive slip trigger of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake clarified by JAMSTEC and University of Tsukuba

2026.02.16

Why go so far as to simulate the shapes of ice particles inside cumulonimbus clouds? Taking on the challenge of improving prediction accuracy and controlling guerrilla heavy rain and line-shaped rainbands

2026.02.13

Research reveals formation conditions of the interesting clouds that form around Mount Fuji — University of Tsukuba and collaborators

2026.02.12

Japan collects rare earth mud from deep waters off island in Pacific

2026.02.10

Hokkaido University study finds northern Japanese eel distribution range determined by summer water temperatures

2026.02.05

Topographic and satellite observations reveal complex Antarctic ice sheet changes

2026.01.29

Nations must unite and move forward to avert the climate crisis: COP30 highlights the difficulty of international cooperation