A device has been developed by a research group led by Professor Yoji Kimura of Kansai University to accurately gauge levels of mirth by measuring the vibration of the diaphragm. Laughter is ...[more]

These are sheets with a thickness of about 1 millimeter that can send an electric current just by placing it near an electric product without the use of a cord. The sheets are plastic with small ...[more]

Introduction of a superconducting, magnetically levitated linear motor car, capable of traveling at speeds of 500 kilometers per hour and linking Tokyo and Osaka in just an hour, was included in the ...[more]

Launched on September 14, 2007, by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kaguya is Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft. It was lifted into space on an H-IIA carrier rocket from ...[more]