Toyota Prius, Other Fuel-Saving Cars, May Soon Be Free Of Heavily Regulated Rare Earths Huffington Post | TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has developed a way to make hybrid and electric vehicles without the use of expensive rare earth metals, in which China has a near-monopoly, Japan's Kyodo News reported. | Toyota, the world's top producer of fuel-saving hybrid cars such as the Prius, could bring...
Scientists developing salt-resistant rice Zeenews London: Scientists are developing a salt-resistant rice variety after a huge tsunami last year hit paddy fields in Japan leaving behind a salty sludge. | Farmlands that accumulate salt have lower crop yields, which can threaten food supply, as rice happens to be the staple of billions of people worl...
Light but stable: novel cellulose-silica gel composite aerogels PhysOrg | Gels are familiar to us in forms like Jell-O or hair gel. A gel is a loose molecular network that holds liquids within its cavities. Unlike a sponge, it is not possible to squeeze the liquid out of a gel. An aerogel is a gel that holds air instead ...
The mouse that tweets like a bird: Japanese scientists create genetically-modified animal The Daily Mail | Japanese scientists have produced a genetically-engineered mouse that tweets like a bird, it was revealed today. | A team of researchers at the University of Osaka are breeding genetically modified mice that are prone to miscopying DNA and are more...
The Search for a New Growth Model Huffington Post | Leaders of industry and government from all over the world this week gather in Davos, Switzerland, for discussion on "The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models." The theme could not be more fitting. The model for future growth is an issue that c...
On Our Radar: A Beached Whale The New York Times | Workers complete the dissection and burial of a 65-foot fin whale, an endangered species, that washed ashore in Ocean, N.J., apparently after colliding with a vessel. [The Philadelphia Inquirer] | A diplomatic rift rooted in China’s objection...
Nintendo posts loss on strong yen, weak sales Breitbart | A boy plays Nintendo's 3DS video game at an electronics retailer in Tokyo... | TOKYO (AP) - Nintendo Co. sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and comp...
Nintendo posts loss on strong yen, weak sales PhysOrg | The Japanese video game machine maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises said Thursday it now expects to sell far fewer of its 3DS machines, which feature three-dimensional images. It is forecasting sales of 14 million machines for the f...
Nintendo triples its loss forecast as sales lag San Francisco Chronicle | Nintendo Co. more than tripled its full-year loss forecast Thursday as the success of Apple Inc. devices erodes demand for the company's 3DS handheld player. | The net loss in the year ending in March may be $838 million, compared with an earlier forecast for a loss of $258 million, the company said. | President Satoru Iwata, who cut 3DS prices b...
Scientists developing salt-resistant rice Zeenews London: Scientists are developing a salt-resistant rice variety after a huge tsunami last year hit paddy fields in Japan leaving behind a salty sludge. | Farmlands that accumulate salt have lower crop yields, which can threaten food supply, as rice happens to be the staple of billions of people worldwide. | "The beauty of the new method (called Mut...
