Tokyo University of Science

Along with being a much-loved part of Lake Akan, marimo algae balls are also popular with aquarists

Marine

Another potential climate casualty: Beloved fluffy balls of algae

In Hokkaido, Japan's winter months, harmless underwater algae balls are protected from death by an ice shield. That shield is expected to thin thanks to global warming, causing the balls to join the list of species threatened by climate change.

A Japanese team has figured out a much more efficient way to photocatalyze the splitting of water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using a common form of rust

Energy

Rust and light combine for a 25x boost in hydrogen production

Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science have used rust as a catalyst in light-assisted hydrogen production from organic waste, finding it produces 25 times more hydrogen than previous titanium dioxide catalysts.

Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have found pyrolyzed sucrose to be a surprisingly effective material for the anode of sodium-ion batteries (Image: Diginfo)

Energy

The battery of the future might run on sugar

Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have found pyrolyzed sucrose to be a surprisingly effective material for the anode of sodium-ion batteries.