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  Researchers in Japan Discover New Jellyfish Species Deserving of a Samurai Warrior Name

  Researchers at Tohoku University named this venomous creature Physalia mikazuki, after the crescent moon helmet worn by Sendai's feudal lord Date Masamune.

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  An Easier Digital Pill to Swallow

  A research group has created a non-invasive digital pill sensing mechanism, enhancing medication monitoring.

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  Pyridinic-N Incorporated Phthalocyanine for Efficient and Durable CO₂ Electroreduction

  This newly developed catalyst is not only more efficient and stable - but it costs less than other options out there too.

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  Two Chemical Reactions are Better than One

  Researchers have created a simultaneous electrocatalytic oxidation and hydrogenation inside a single electrolytic cell.

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  Research Institutes and Centers

  Tohoku University has 1,763 Research fellows from overseas, 12 Inter-Department Institutes for Education and 11 University Collaborating Institutions.

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  International Visitor Research Center

  A new institution which is open to researchers around the world, where people from diverse disciplines can gather, learn and create.

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  Research Profiles

  Utilizing Tohoku University's research results and resources in various industries.

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  Academic Research Staff

  This site provides you with information on academic research staff at Tohoku University.

Feature Highlights

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  In Conversation with Susumu Satomi

  Before stepping down on March 31, former president Susumu Satomi shared some of his favourite memories of his time at the university.

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  Motoko Kotani: By the Numbers

  AIMR Director Motoko Kotani, talks about using mathematics as the common language bridging the different disciplines within materials science.