Japanese scientists were pioneers of AI, yet they’re being written out of its history
How can including them change our understanding of AI?
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Powering Japan after Fukushima
Recently, Jenny Corbett, Executive Director of the Australia-Japan Research School at ANU, sat down with Tatsuo Hatta, Professor Emeritus at Osaka University and a former President of the Japanese Economic…
Climate targets are the fallout from Japan’s nuclear disaster
Japan has announced it is significantly reducing its greenhouse gas reduction target. It now aims to achieve a 3.8% cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 versus 2005 levels. The new target amounts to…
Ebola in the DRC: what we can learn from Fukushima
Ebola has spread to a large city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Perhaps the expert handling of the Fukushima nuclear leak could provide a template for what to do next.
Lessons from Edo Japan can help Fukushima recover
After two and a half years, the embattled Japanese government and Tepco, the company responsible for the Fukushima nuclear power plant, have sought the world’s assistance in tackling the three damaged…
Japan fires up nuclear power again, but can it ever be safe enough?
The restart of Japan’s nuclear reactors is good news for climate change. But there are still large psychological barriers to overcome.
Questionable studies won’t help identify Fukushima’s effects
Irradiated plants taken from the evacuated areas around the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have been reported to cause growth abnormalities and early death when fed to butterfly larvae…
Is the nuclear power plant at Fukushima the best we can do?
Does the design and construction employed at Fukushima really represent the best that can be done in nuclear power? Is it inevitable that a nuclear power plant will be overwhelmed by a magnitude nine earthquake…
Scientists track Fukushima radiation spread
Scientists in the US are preparing daily long-range projections of air ‘parcel’ movements from Fukushima, and posting them…
The Fukushima quake may be an echo of the 2011 disaster — and a warning for the future
Aftershocks of a major earthquake can continue for years or even decades.
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