Technology
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Startup Sells Plastic-eating Fungi Diapers to Tackle Landfill Waste
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) — Could baby poop and fungi work together to tackle landfill waste? That’...
June 27, 2025
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JAXA Unveils New HTV-X Unmanned Vehicle; Will Make Five Trips to Deliver Supplies to Astronauts by Fiscal 2029
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently unveiled its new unmanned cargo transfer v...
June 12, 2025
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Spanish Firm Launches Lunar Navigation System
MADRID (Reuters) — Spanish technology company GMV has unveiled a GPS-like navigation system for t...
June 6, 2025
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Japanese Researchers Develop ‘Transparent Paper’ as Alternative to Plastics; New Material Is Biodegradable, Can Be Produced with Low Carbon Emissions
A team of researchers with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and...
June 5, 2025
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Japan to Introduce Automated Driving System for Official Govt Vehicles; Test Runs for Automated Govt Vehicles to Begin in Autumn
The government aims to introduce an automated driving system for vehicles used by national and lo...
May 29, 2025
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3 of Japan’s Nuclear Fusion Institutes to Receive ¥10 Billion in Funding, as Govt Aims to Speed Up Research
The government aims to significantly improve the ability of three core institutes to research nuc...
May 20, 2025
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Research Team Develops Auto Parts Made from Recycled Plastic; Wardrobes Turned into Glove Compartments
An industry-academia-government research team, comprising auto manufacturers, Tohoku University, ...
May 17, 2025
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Japan Unveils Urashima 8000 Underwater Drone Capable of Diving 8,000 Meters Under the Sea
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology on Monday showed the press its newest au...
May 14, 2025
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JAXA Developing Program to Estimate Earthquake Damage to Buildings from Satellite Images; Aims to Improve Disaster Response Capabilities
KUMAMOTO — The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) is cooperating with the Kumamoto prefectural...
May 2, 2025
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VR Footage Reproducing Tower of the Sun As Seen at Osaka Expo ’70 on Display at Kawasaki Museum
KAWASAKI — Using virtual reality technology, students at the Nippon Institute of Technology have ...
April 28, 2025
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Japanese Firms Develop AI-Assisted Device to Determine Fat Content of Frozen Albacore Tuna
Fujitsu Ltd. and other entities recently announced that they will release in June a device that d...
April 28, 2025
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AI Tool Aims to Help Conserve Japan’s Cherry Trees by Assessing Many Photos
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Japan’s famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses ph...
April 23, 2025
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Wolves Bred Using Genes from Extinct Species
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas dur...
April 18, 2025
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2025 Expo Osaka: Next-Generation Technologies Displayed by Japanese Companies ; Robots, iPS ‘Heart’ Showcased
Under the theme “People’s Living Lab,” next-generation technologies developed by Japanese compani...
April 14, 2025
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Chinese Brain Chip Project Speeds up Human Trials after 1st Success
BEIJING (Reuters) — A tie-up between a Chinese research institute and tech company said on March ...
April 11, 2025
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