# Akira Yoshino
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akira yoshino (吉野 彰, Yoshino Akira, born 30 January 1948) is a Japanese chemist. He is a fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation and a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya. He created the first safe, production-viable lithium-ion battery which became used widely in cellular phones and notebook computers.
The World’s First Ultra-Small Robot Delivers Medicine through Blood Vessels
A research team at Hokkaido University led by Assistant Professor Yoshiyuki Kageyama announced in 2021 that they have successfully produced a robot smaller than one millimeter that can swim like a fish by paddling through the water. This technology has the potential to be the groundwork for …
The World’s First Ultra-Small Robot Delivers Medicine through Blood Vessels
A research team at Hokkaido University led by Assistant Professor Yoshiyuki Kageyama announced in 2021 that they have successfully produced a robot smaller than one millimeter that can swim like a fish by paddling through the water. This technology has the potential to be the groundwork for mo…
How we built a less-explodey lithium battery and kickstarted the EV revolution
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium — these foundational materials are literally what the modern world is built on. Without sand for glass, say goodbye to our fiber optic internet. No copper means no conductive wiring. And a world without lithium is a world without rechargeable batteries.
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Nobel in Chemistry for Lightweight Rechargeable Batteries
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”
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Lithium-Ion Battery Creators Win Chemistry Nobel Prize
John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino share the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of lithium-ion batteries” that have led to portable electronic devices that are rechargeable virtually anywhere on the planet.
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No China. No Electric Future
America has a Technological inferiority complex. China makes over half the world's lithium batteries. They produce 90% of neodymium magnets. They mine 70% of rare earths and process 85%.
America makes burgers.
This is the story of how China won the Electric Stack—and whether America can catch up.…
Dan Steingart on Battery Innovation and the Future of Energy Storage
The conflict in Iran is a reminder of how quickly global energy markets can be disrupted. It also underscores why advances in things like battery technology — from electric transportation to grid-scale storage — are becoming central to energy resilience and security.
It has been about 50 years sin…
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