TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
CREATING GLOBAL EXCELLENCE
CREATING GLOBAL EXCELLENCE
Tohoku University is renowned for its achievements in technological innovation and for the practical application of these technologies to the advancement of society. Inventions born at Tohoku University include the KS and NKS steels, the Yagi-Uda antenna, fibre optics, and perpendicular magnetic recording.
Before stepping down on March 31, former president Susumu Satomi shared some of his favourite memories of his time at the university.
AIMR Director Motoko Kotani, talks about using mathematics as the common language bridging the different disciplines within materials science.
A group's theoretical and experimental results have introduced a new category of materials that produce second-harmonic generation.
Zirconium nitride is a good material for the oxygen reduction in hydrogen fuel cells. But scientists had little understanding about why this was so.
The discovery, made by a group of researchers, could revolutionize next generation electronics.
A lab-grown model shows how the brain's 'modular architecture' enables quick switching between local, out-of-synch nerve activity and synchronised group activity occurring across the entire network.
Tohoku University has 1,763 Research fellows from overseas, 12 Inter-Department Institutes for Education and 11 University Collaborating Institutions.
A new institution which is open to researchers around the world, where people from diverse disciplines can gather, learn and create.
Utilizing Tohoku University's research results and resources in various industries.
This site provides you with information on academic research staff at Tohoku University.
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