Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/japan-ultra-thin-solar-panels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #renewables #solar #environment #energy #universityoftokyo #panasonic
A team of researchers in Japan found a key biological component that may help explain why women tend to burn more calories from fat than men, which could help lead to new treatments for obesity and related diseases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/science-health/japan-research-women-metabolism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #instituteofsciencetokyo #universityoftokyo #obesity
A Japanese team has concluded that it was possible to travel from Taiwan to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in a dugout canoe 30,000 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/japan-study-log-boat-voyage-from-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #okinawa #yonaguni #nationalmuseumofnatureandscience #universityoftokyo