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OIST domestic economic impact is ¥228 for every ¥100 invested: What's behind it?

Ten years after its inception, OIST’s startups and research have made their way beyond the laboratories and offices to have tangible impacts on their island home and the people that inhabit it.

18 November 2021

Research Update

Value from sewage? New technology makes pig farming more environmentally friendly

A novel nitrate removal system, trialed in Okinawa, can clean up the wastewater produced by swine farms, finds a recent study.

Research Update

BioAlchemy: Treating Wastewater at the Point of Production

New OIST startup uses bacteria to treat wastewater at low cost.

07 October 2019

Research Update

Down and Dirty: Cleaning Okinawan Pig Farm Wastewater with Microbial Fuel Cells

OIST scientists enhance productivity of green technology used to treat wastewater.

16 November 2017

Research Update

OIST Researchers Awarded Grant to Create New Startup Company

A START grant will enable the transfer of technology from the laboratory to industry

24 November 2016

Research Update

Harnessing Bacteria to Turn Waste into Electricity

What do you get when you mix Okinawa sea sludge, sewage, and some strategically-placed metal plates? Larisa Kiseleva, a researcher in the Biological Systems Unit, is hoping the answer is electricity and clean water.

Research Update

Waste Water to Energy: The Natural Solution

Head of the Biological Systems Unit Professor Igor Goryanin gave a presentation on March 5th about an environmentally friendly solution to waste water treatment to 30 invited guests from various Okinawan industries.