Fig. 1. A prototype of Kyushu University’s Direct Air Capture and Utilization (DAC-U) device and its ultra-thin nanomembrane is on display at Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan. The machine on the right captures the carbon dioxide, which the machine on the left converts to usable fuels or chemicals.

Kyushu University will participate as a supplier in the “Future Society Showcase” project at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, which will open from April 13 to October 13, 2025.

Kyushu University’s Direct Air Capture and Utilization device (known as DAC-U) is in development as part of a NEDO-Moonshot Project, led by Prof. Shigenori Fujikawa will be exhibited to showcase its potential applications for future society.

The full text of the press release can be viewed on the Kyushu University website.

　　　　　　　

Fig. 2. Professor Shigenori Fujikawa and his research team at Expo 2025. From left to right: Roman Selyanchyn (Associate Professor, Kyushu University), Shigenori Fujikawa, (Professor, Kyushu University), Kimihiro Matsukawa (Specially Appointed Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology), Ryo Tomeba (Technical Staff, Kyushu University).