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Science & Tech News tagged with Japan

Japan Pushes Forward on Plans for a Giant Solar Power Farm in Space
Science & Tech  (tags: News, technology, space, science, japan, solar power )

Katie
- 15 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
Refusing to cave to the "that's far too crazy to ever work" crowd, Japan took a step forward this week in the country's scheme to develop a giant solar power station in Earth orbit. JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency......
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Japan Launches Satellite to Track Greenhouse Gases
Science & Tech  (tags: Japan, satellite, GOSAT, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide )

Scarlett
- 303 days ago - blogs.nature.com
A two-tonne satellite specifically designed to study climate change was successfully launched today from Japan. Orbiting at a level of 666km, the greenhouse gases observing satellite (GOSAT) will monitor the levels of carbon dioxide and methane.
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Now, a Solar Bra to Charge Your Phone
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Ankit
- 558 days ago - ankitchaturvedi.blogspot.com
Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or a
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Japan Launches Kizuna Helps Japanese Acquire Faster Internet Connection
Science & Tech  (tags: Japan, Kizuni, satellite, highspeed, high speed )

Ben
- 639 days ago - blogmyway.org
Japan launches a super high speed data communication satellite "Kizuna" (Winds) into space today. With this satellite the Japanese can enjoy 155 Mbps download speed and up to 6 Mbps for upload speed using a small antenna (about 45 cm in diameter). Use a
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Scientists Developing Origami Spacecraft - Japan
Science & Tech  (tags: japan, scientists, plane, paper plane, space, space station )

Chrissy
- 653 days ago - news.com.au
A SPACECRAFT made of folded paper zooming through the skies may sound far-fetched, but Japanese scientists plan to launch paper planes from the International Space Station to see if they make it back to Earth. Earlier this week, the University of Tokyo
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Scientists to Launch Paper Planes From Space
Science & Tech  (tags: paper, plane, japan )

Ben
- 657 days ago - blogmyway.org
A spacecraft made of folded paper zooming through the skies may sound far-fetched, but Japanese scientists plan to launch paper planes from the Inter
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Fearless Mice Developed By Japan Scientists
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, psychology, fear, cats, mice, japan, geneticengineering )

Mimi
- 709 days ago - hosted.ap.org
Cat and mouse may never be the same! Japanese scientists say they've used genetic engineering to create mice that show no fear of felines, a development that may shed new light on mammal behavior and the nature of fear itself.
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Japan Will Fund Stem Cell Research of Human Skin, NHK Reports
Science & Tech  (tags: Japan, research, stem cells, human cells, scientists )

Sky Bird
- 720 days ago - bloomberg.com
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A Japanese government agency decided to allocate funds for research to scientists who discovered how to convert human skin cells into stem cells, public broadcaster NHK reported, without citing anyone.
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Stem Cell Breakthrough In Japan
Science & Tech  (tags: stem cell, embryonic stem cell, embryonic, breakthrough, science, Japan, Kyoto )

Ben
- 731 days ago - blogmyway.org
The bio-team from Kyoto University announced their discovery on 20th. Nov, 2007 along with another team from the University of Wisconsin in the U.S. who'd made the same breakthrough during separate research. It's expected this development will clear a m
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Using Brain Waves to Control Avatars?
Science & Tech  (tags: avatars, Japan, technology, brain waves )

Eduardo
- 731 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Now, technology from Japan could help make navigating online virtual worlds simpler by letting players use their own bodies or even brain waves to control their avatars.
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China Launches 1st Lunar Probe
Science & Tech  (tags: China, Japan, Lunar probes, 10-yr plan, moon rover, rivals, moon orbit )

ON VACATI
- 762 days ago - breakingnews.nypost.com
China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday, an initial step in an ambitious 10-year plan to send a rover to the moon and return it to Earth..launch comes just weeks after China's regional rival Japan put a probe into orbit around the moon.
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No Need for Dissection With Transparent Frogs
Science & Tech  (tags: japan, animal, science, research )

Jacquelin
- 786 days ago - cosmosmagazine.com
TOKYO: Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing see-through frogs, letting them observe organs, blood vessels and eggs under the skin without performing dissections. "You can see through the skin how organs grow, how cancer starts and develops,
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