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New Solid Material Turns Ordinary Sunlight Into Higher-Energy UV Light

A Kyushu University team built a stable solid material that fuses two visible photons into one ultraviolet photon — a long-sought breakthrough that could power cleaner air purification and solar chemistry.

Technology

Battery-Free Chip Turns Sunlight and CO2 Into Clean Fuel

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers built a self-regulating artificial photosynthesis device that makes formic acid from CO2 and sunlight — no battery, no expensive control electronics.

Human Achievements

Gyotaku: How a Fisherman’s Logbook Became Japan’s Quietest Fine Art

Gyotaku started in the 1800s as a way for Japanese fishermen to record prize catches. Today it’s a global fine art with masters in Italy, Brazil and beyond.

Human Achievements

Japanese Teen Wins $100K Top Prize at World's Biggest Science Fair

Hikaru Kuribayashi, 17, of Sapporo, Japan won the $100,000 top award at Regeneron ISEF 2026 for a simulation program that models the complex folding behavior of origami and mechanical linkages.

Science

Physicists Crack 25-Year Quantum Puzzle With New W-State Detector

A Japanese team built the first single-shot measurement for the elusive W state, solving a problem that had stumped quantum optics labs since the late 1990s.