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A $7,000 Electric Vehicle Takes Over Japan – Adult Toy or Serious Car?
I love when stories lead me to Japan – a country where tradition and high technology meet in the most unexpected ways. This time, my attention was caught by a particularly charming little car that has quickly won the hearts…
Global Support for Nuclear Energy Remains Strong
According to the latest public opinion survey conducted by the research firm Savanta and the energy consultancy Radiant Energy Group, global support for nuclear energy remains robust. The survey included 31,831 respondents across 31 countries, representing nearly two-thirds of the…
China Joins Monitoring of Fukushima Water Release
In 2011, Japan suffered a devastating natural disaster when a powerful earthquake, followed by a tsunami, caused over 20,000 deaths and destroyed vast areas of land. The tsunami flooded an area of 560 km², and this catastrophe severely damaged the…
Artificial Womb for the Recovery of Endangered Shark Species
I have always thought of scientists as real-life wizards, making possible what was once only in the realm of science fiction. This belief was reaffirmed by researchers at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, who—get this—created an artificial womb that allows premature…
JAPAN – WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARGERS IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THE NUMBER OF E-VEHICLES?
As Japan aims to become climate-neutral by 2050, the country’s transport sector should undergo major changes to achieve the goal. A few years ago, Japan set an ambitious goal to eliminate the sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2035,…
The World Needs More Diverse Solar Panel Supply Chains to Ensure a Secure Transition to Net Zero Emissions
Ensuring a secure transition to net zero emissions will require increased efforts to expand and diversify global production of solar panels whose global supply chains are currently heavily concentrated in China, the IEA said in a new special report released…
Drawing Disaster-Preparedness Lessons From Tonga’s Volcano
The massive volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga on 15 January produced a blast hundreds of times the strength of the Hiroshima nuclear explosion, according to NASA. The volcano and subsequent tsunami – which reached the United States, Peru,…