Bridgestone and the Okinawa Churashima Foundation have developed an artificial tail fin for the Southern Bottlenose Dolphin nicknamed “Sami”, which has a damaged tail fin and is kept at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. This will help Sami maintain her dignity as a living creature and live in harmony with her friends through the power of technology. Sami is a female...
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Bridgestone Americas will step up investment in its guayule plantation in Arizona to ensure a sustainable supply of natural rubber, a raw material for tires. This investment is aimed at the commercialization of guayule-derived natural rubber by 2026, and is expected to amount to approximately US$40 million by 2025. The company will also work with local farmers and Native Americans...
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Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has managed to accurately decipher the complex genome sequence of guayule, an alternative to natural rubber. This comes as part of a joint research project between the tire manufacturer and NRGene Ltd., a company focused on genomic big data solutions. Bridgestone has been working since 2017 to diversify its natural rubber resources, looking here at getting more...
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