Nobel winner Akira Yoshino to head net-zero carbon emissions research center
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Akira Yoshino will head a new government-funded international research center focusing on reducing carbon emissions to net-zero, industry minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said Friday. The new body will consist of 300 to 400 scientists, including from the United States, France and Germany, working ...
Nobel Prize for a battery breakthrough was decades in the making
Looking back on the past year in science, the coolest advances seem to be coming in areas such as gene editing and quantum computing. This is sexy research pointing with confidence to the future. Yet we should remember that some of the most important ...
Nobel winner Akira Yoshino says time in Sweden 'passed in a flash'
Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino returned home on Sunday after receiving the Nobel Prize in chemistry at a ceremony in Sweden, saying his time there "passed in a flash." Suggesting he got a sense of fulfillment from his trip to Stockholm from Dec. 5, Yoshino, who ...
Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino accepts Nobel Prize in chemistry at ceremony
Scientist Akira Yoshino accepted the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Tuesday at a ceremony in Sweden for his contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries. The 71-year-old received the medal and diploma from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in the ceremony at the Stockholm Concert ...
Yoshino underscores that the development of the batteries can be linked with that of AI, the “internet of things” and next-generation wireless networks.
Akira Yoshino, winner of Nobel for work on lithium-ion batteries, sees tech as environmental fix
Midway through the 1800s, the English scientist Michael Faraday had the forethought to deliver a series of lectures on an object that was commonplace in Victorian Britain, as a way to get young minds hooked on science. He chose a candle. A century later, a newly ...
Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino among six selected for Japan's top cultural award
Akira Yoshino, one of three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, and five other people were selected as this year's recipients of the Order of Culture, the government said Tuesday. Others receiving Japan's top cultural award are kyogen actor Nomura Man, 89, political ...
Nobel winner Akira Yoshino to focus on environmental issues during acceptance speech
Japanese researcher Akira Yoshino, who was named a winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry, said Monday he plans to highlight environmental issues in his speech at the award ceremony in Sweden in December. Yoshino, an honorary fellow of major chemicals maker Asahi Kasei ...
The awarding of the Nobel Prize in chemistry to Akira Yoshino provides us with an opportunity to see whether Japanese firms and universities are investing enough resources in innovative research that has the potential to radically change our lives for the better.
Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino calls on youngsters to pursue new challenges
“I want young people today to have bold curiosity,” he said.
Surprise and gratitude in Japan's after Akira Yoshino wins Nobel Prize
Akira Yoshino's winning of the Nobel Prize in chemistry has been greeted with surprise and gratitude in Japan. Yoshino was among three scientists given the award on Wednesday for their work on the development of lithium-ion batteries. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Wednesday ...
The U.S. National Academy of Engineering presented four engineers, including two Japanese, with its highest honor for developing lithium-ion batteries, the technology used to power cellphones and other portable electronics. Asahi Kasei Corp. fellow Akira Yoshino, 66, and Yoshio Nishi, 72, a former Sony Corp. ...
