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By Jeff Tollefson of Nature magazine The disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant is putting the nation's ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions under serious pressure. [More]

April 12 (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippledFukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Tuesday that they [More]

TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - Japan raised the severity of itsnuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to a level [More]

RIKEN and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) have cut the ribbon on a new cutting-edge X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility in Harima, the first such facility in Japan and only the second in the whole world. Nicknamed "SACLA" (SPring-8 Angstrom Compact Free Electron Laser), the new XFEL's intense beams will open a unique window onto the minuscule structure of molecules and rapid reaction of chemical species.

American consumers put the brakes on major purchases through 2008 and 2009, and car sales—for both new and used vehicles—suffered significantly. Now, more than a year after government incentives (remember Cash for Clunkers?) got consumers back onto the auto sales floor, the industry is recovering—and could face a big boost due to a simple fact: people are sick of driving their beaters.

Hideki Matsuyama hoped his play at the Masters would bring some joy to earthquake victims in Japan.

Hideki Matsuyama is focused on Augusta National. His heart is half a world away in Sendai, Japan.

April 9 (Reuters) - The following lists the impact of theearthquake and tsunami that hit northeast Japan on March 11 and [More]

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Dear EarthTalk : Were Japan to close all its nuclear plants following the recent damage and radiation leaks from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, what would its energy mix look like?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Satoshi Kawata, Miyu Ozaki and their team of photonics physicists at Osaka University in Japan, have figured out a way to capture the original colors of an object in a still 3-D hologram by using plasmons (quantums of plasma oscillation) that are created when a silver sheathed material is bathed in simple white light. The discovery marks a new milestone in the development of true 3-D full color holograms. In their paper, published in Science magazine, the researchers show a rendered apple in all its natural red and green hues.

As northeastern Japan copes with Thursday's magnitude-7.1* aftershock, the largest since the disastrous March 11 magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami , the injection of nitrogen gas into one of the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was interrupted as Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) workers evacuated to a safer site, according to the Japan Broadcasting Corp (JBP) . A tsunami warning had been issued briefly but was later canceled .

The Russian federal space agency has revealed that on April 15th, the U.S. and Russia will meet to discuss the development of a future joint nuclear-engine powered rocket project. The announcement was made by agency director Anatoly Perminov, and the joint project will also include other nations with a "high level of reactor manufacturing technology." This list could include France, Britain, Germany, China, and Japan

AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) -Ryo Ishikawa understands that whatever pressure he faces this week at the Masters doesn't even compare with what his people in Japan are facing as they try to recover from the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed so many lives.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Japan will need to discharge a total of 11,500 tons of low-contaminated water into the ocean from the site of a stricken nuclear reactor, a senior Japanese nuclear official said in Vienna on Monday.