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  New Method Puts a Twist on Creating Efficient Micromixers

  Researchers develop a new fabrication method for creating twisted microchannels inside polymer fibers, enabling efficient mixing of minute amounts of liquid.

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  Low Temperature Graphene Growth Opens a Route to Sustainable Resource Recycling

  The research not only reduces the required temperature of producing graphene to 1/3, it achieves this by recycling industrial waste. It's sustainable and efficient!

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  Six-Legged Robot Learns to Walk from a Stick Insect

  Stick bugs walked so these robots could run! After analyzing a short video clip of stick bug locomotion, an AI system-powered six-legged robot learned how to walk.

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  Unleashing Potential: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tunes Brain Blood Vessels, Enhances Learning

  Through the vagus nerve, the brain sends signals to the body, and the body sends signals to the brain. This pathway may be the key to better long-term learning.

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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.