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Physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the world’s first efficient blue light-emitting diodes, has died, Meijo University said Friday. He was 92. The Japan Times reports: Akasaki, born in Kagoshima Prefect… Continue reading Isamu Akasaki, Inventor of First Efficient Blue LED, Dies At 92
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The cherry blossom season, Japan’s traditional sign of spring, peaked at the earliest date since records began 1,200 years ago, research shows. The 2021 season in the city of Kyoto peaked on 26 March, a… Continue reading Japan’s Cherry Blossom ‘Earliest Peak Since 812’
The small city of Naka (pop. 53K), a two-hour train ride from Tokyo on the eastern coast of Japan, was thrust into the international spotlight in the early dawn of …read more Continue reading Fire at Renesas Plant Fuels Chip Supply Woes
Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer, the world’s fastest in terms of computing speed, went into full operation this week, earlier than initially scheduled, in the hope that it can be used for research related to the novel coronavirus. From a report: The super… Continue reading Japan’s Fugaku Supercomputer Goes Fully Live To Aid COVID-19 Research
To the envy of us humans, limb regeneration is common to certain groups of animals. But while it’s normally a leg here or a tail there, scientists have now discovered one of the most extreme examples ever found – sea slugs that voluntarily detach their… Continue reading Self-decapitating sea slugs drop their heads and regrow whole bodies
Actor, presenter and writer Robert Llewellyn, famous for playing the part of Kryten in the science-fiction comedy “Red Dwarf,” joins us as we discuss robots gone rogue, electric vehicle nightmares, and creepy companions. All this and much m… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #217: Would you cuddle this revolting robot? – with Robert Llewellyn
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Wednesday launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. He had originally planned to invite artists for the weeklong voyage slated… Continue reading Japan Billionaire Seeks ‘Crew’ For Moon Trip
As a region that is subject to a high degree of seismic activity, tsunamis are a real and ever-present threat for the people of Japan. The teams tasked with managing and responding to these risks may soon have a powerful new tool at their disposal, in … Continue reading Supercomputer-developed AI predicts tsunami flooding in real-time on a PC
Can a pair of unique spectacles banish nearsightedness without surgical intervention? Japan’s Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings says its wearable device can do just that, and it plans to start releasing the product in Asia, where many people grapple with … Continue reading Myopia Correcting ‘Smart Glasses’ From Japan To Be Sold in Asia
In a list of walls that you’d want to stay strong, those in a nuclear reactor would be near the top. Now, researchers have found that the walls in a decommissioned power plant in Japan have not only kept their strength but have actually gotten stronger… Continue reading Ancient Roman concrete mineral found strengthening nuclear reactor walls