Japan science discoveries

	Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery
...A new type of battery invented in Japan, in the University of Waseda. This is a flexible rechargeable battery, based on polymers. The development of this type of battery was conditioned by the permanently developing industry of portable devices, which become smaller and smaller each year. Researches on this device have been conducted for several years, but the scientists, working on this battery are Drs. Hiroyuki Nishide...
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	The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity
...An American Science Community has concluded after one of its researches that Mendeleev's periodic table of elements was the most important discovery the humanity made... even more important than the discovery of iron. The Community has published a list of 10 most important discoveries the humanity ever made. The results of this research were based on answers of a survey conducted by the community. According to that...
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	Compliments and Money Give the Same Satisfaction
... People can be rewarded by compliment or by cash as the brain evaluates both the same. Dr Norihiro Sadato of National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, Japan said that different kinds of reward activate the same area in the brain called striatum. The findings of the study prove that boosting one's reputation gives a person psychological reward. During a study, 19 people took part in the experiment...
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	Phones should be redesigned, study says
...In 2006 the EU and Japan have taken measured to ban cell phones, containing hazardous metals, such as lead and chromium. This was meant to keep the polluting substances away from the waters, which, if polluted, could become a serious threat to human health. A study by scientists from the University of California, Irvine, lead by Oladele Ogunseitan, states that those measures where not to fully prevent pollution from ce...
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	Nano-nose to help identify illnesses
...ally stable. Later on Rotello plans to make the 'nano-nose' identify different kinds of cancer cells and other diseases. Such a nose device, sniffing out illnesses is not a novelty in the world of science and technology, as there were devices developed capable of detecting small molecules; yet the Rotello's system is the first one to detect large and complicated molecules. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
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	Blind People Help Sighted to Discover the Unseen
...ke, a social entrepreneur. He had the idea of making marginalized people a part of active society. About 2 million people around the world were able to undergo the experience. Dialogue in the Dark Japan, TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. and the Akasaka branch of the Minato Ward Government were the one to organize the event. In general the concept of the event is quite simple. Blind guides lead small groups of visito...
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	Antarctic Microbes to Tell about Past and Future of Climate Change
...A new research, which was published in the Journal Science, states that the mystery of glacial history of Antarctica may be solved with the help of plants, mites, springtails and worms. A team of scientists from Britain and New Zealand, outline that the history of the terrestrial plants and animal species living in Antarctica may not have links to current reconstructions of the former glacial ice extent, the roots of ...
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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
... Physics L. Mahadevan of Harvard University, USA, and Enrique Cerda Villablanca of Universidad de Santiago de Chile, were awarded for finding the key to how sheets become wrinkled. Chemistry Japanese scientist Mayu Yamamoto of the International Medical Center of Japan managed to extract a vanilla fragrance and flavor from cow dung. Nutrition Brian Wansink of Cornell University, once questioned the limits of h...
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	Computer Simulation Unveils Unexpected Process on the Surface of the Sun
...Solar granulations (the relatively light patterns) and sunspots (dark spots). Picture taken by the sun telescope of the Swedish Royal Science Academy. Courtesy of V. Zakharov / MPI Solar System Research There is no other star that is observed and studies as much as the Sun - the center of solar system. However, no one could say that we know very much about it: its surface still hides many secrets, which are still to be d...
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	The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
...y since 1969). This year's first Nobel Prize was awarded for medical achievements to three scientists, who have dedicated their researches to genetics. Their researches have brought them to breaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and ways of recombining the DNA code in mammals. These discoveries led to a new technology, named gene targeting in mice. This technology is applied in many areas of biomedicine, wh...
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	Solar System Similar to Ours Discovered
... researcher explained that new planetary system is like a scale model of our solar system and other planets that are "suitable for life" well co-exist unnoticed. The study is published in the journal Science. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
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	Computer the Size of a Molecule Imitates Brain Work
..., causing the 16 surrounding molecules shift too. Anirban Bandyopadhyay, an artificial intelligence and molecular electronics expert at the National Institute for Materials Science at Tsukuba in Japan, explained that the work of the device resembles the way brain cells interact. A pulse sent to a central molecule, having four cones and linked to another 16 duroquinones will result in almost 4.3 billion differen...
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	Life Expectancy of American Women Falls Significantly
...and the leading researcher the study thinks that this is an alarming sign. He explained that the tendency seems to be characteristic for Americans, as in other countries in Western Europe, Australia, Japan, New Zealand there was no such decline. The decline in US men's longevity was smaller and was observed in fewer places. Scientists say that downfall of life expectancy over long periods is driven by huge factors, ...
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	Japanese Researchers Are Allowed To Clone Human Embryos
... Japanese scientists can now clone human embryos, according to a proposal that was approved by a team of experts at the education and science ministry. It is worth mentioning that scientists will be able to clone human embryos in order to perform studies on incurable diseases. The proposal that comes under the cloning technology control law is to be analyzes by the end of current year. This is going to make Japan the ...
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