Press Release | -TOHOKU UNIVERSITY-

2009/12/11

Sounds induce visual motion perception -- Contributing to the developments of multimedia technologies with high sense of presence and sensory substitution systems --
2009/12/11

Clarification of Densification Mechanism of SiO2 glass under ultrahigh-pressure - Heavy Magma deep into the Earth -
2009/12/02

Electric field control of two-dimensional electrons in polymer-gated oxide
2009/11/18

Getting Back Light to Visually Impaired People - Gene therapy for restoring Visual Function -
2009/11/13

Professor An-Pang Tsai at Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials was appointed as professor emeritus by L'institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL)
2009/11/13

Associate Professor Yutaka Sato at Graduate School of Engineering received Prof. Koichi Masubuchi Award
2009/11/13

The Development of A New Treatment to slow The Progress of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) - Enhancement of Uremic Toxin Elimination by taking Statin that increases OATP-R expression -
2009/11/04

Experiment of Caenorbabditis Elegans at Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) called Kibo in the International Space Station (ISS) -The Most Advanced Technology to explain Microgravity Effect- RNA interference and Protein Phosphorylation of C.elegans in Space
2009/10/26

Producing Incompatible Functional Materials by fusing High Molecules and Inorganic Nanoparticles -The development of super-hybrid materials -
2009/10/23

Discovering a novel phenomenon on the motion of electron spins in two-dimensional systems
2009/10/21

Succeeded in the Development of Self-completed Joule Heat Welding of Ultrathin Pt Wires- Promoting the production of the next-generation functional device -
2009/10/21

World's First Ultrahigh-Speed Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Optical Transmission at 320 Gbit/s - Realizing High-Capacity Long-Haul Optical Transmission at One-Tenth of Wavelength -
2009/10/02

Evidence for a Pivotal Role of Sex Chromosome in Species Formation in Japanese Stickleback Fish
2009/09/30

Development of New Nanocomposite Thin Film with High Refractive Index
2009/09/18

The Relation between Driving A Two-wheel Vehicle and Brain Activation and About The Second Research
2009/09/11

Succeeded in growth of High Quality Ge Single Crystal -Realizing dislocation-free crystal by the elegant melt surface treatment-
2009/09/07

A rotational electromagnetic field is detected as a voltage
2009/08/21

Succeeded in Ultrahigh Precision Detection of Single Spin and Scientific Analyses (A great step forward reading and writing single spin at a room temperature)
2009/08/17

Development of A New Method to turn Organic Dimer Insulator into Metal by Laser Irradiation
2009/08/07

Establishment of A Simulation Method to develop Spintronics materials -For the Ferromagnetic Semiconductors at room temperatures-
2009/08/05

Elucidation of Deformation Mechanism of Iron Base Shape-memory Alloy - Achievement using SPring-8 -
2009/08/05

Succeeded in Complete Therapy for A Subtype of Diabetes by Eradicating Helicobacter pylori
2009/08/03

Achieving the world record for X-ray Spectroscopy Experiment in Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields
2009/07/31

Development of technologies to simulate spintronics devises considering quantum-mechanical property of electrons and spin - Succeeded in predicting current that induces magnetization reversal in magnetic multilayer made of ferromagnetic bilayer -
2009/07/27

Succeeded in developing the newest analysis method of local electric field to evaluate photovoltaic processes
2009/07/24

Succeeded in developing devices with 1056% of the world's highest magnetoresistance effect at room temperature. - A great step toward practical use of Environment-responsive Integrated Circuits with as lower power consumption as possible -
2009/07/13

Elucidation of Precursive Stage of Crystallization in Oxide Glass
2009/07/08

Succeeded in photographing Inside of Lithium Battery by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Lithium Ion Distribution Imaging
2009/07/08

Photographing Atomic Rattling Vibrations by Terahertz Light
2009/07/06

Control of magnetization direction without energy loss by electrical voltage
2009/07/01

First succeeded in development and international standardization of NEMO-MIB (Network Mobility Management Information Base), a key technology to monitor and manage Mobile Network
2009/06/15

Establishment of an efficient and reliable melting treatment method for asbestos wastes - Preparation of a general operation manual for melting furnace-
2009/06/12

Professor Masataka Nakazawa at Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University received 2009 Distinguished Achievement and Contributions Award from the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
2009/06/12

Professor Seiji Samukawa was honored with Fellow of the Society by American Vacuum Society (AVS)
2009/06/12

Successfully Development of a New Energy-saving Technology for a High-speed Mass-storage System with a "Power-aware Proactive Data-allocation Method" that Predicts When a Data-processing Starts to Allocate Data Properly.
2009/06/10

Enhancement of Spin Lifetime in Semiconductors ～A great step toward realization of spin field-effect transistor～
2009/06/08

First Direct Observation of Fermi Surfaces Formed by 'Heavy Electrons' - Clue to the Mechanism of Superconductivity Coexisting with Magnetism -
2009/06/05

High-efficiency noncontact photocatalytic sheet - Titania (Ti02) nanotube photocatalytic sheet that can decompose organic layer more than ten times larger than the contact area -
2009/06/03

A mass one-step synthesis of high crystalline ITO monodisperse nanoparticles for Transparent Conductive Film - Direct synthesis of Sn-Doped Indium Oxide particles by a solvothermal gel-sol method -
2009/06/03

Establishment of a consortium to develop Medical Information Communications System in the Mobile Environment
2009/05/13

Synthesis of environment-conscious lead-free piezoceramic uniform fine particles - Developing a new production method of alkali niobate metal salt particles -
2009/05/13

Identification of a new protein that transports melanogenic enzymes - Expecting as a new skin lightning target -
2009/05/11

Finding Dancing Algae
2009/04/15

Arachidonic Acid: Potential benefit to enhance neurogenesis and prevent psychiatric disorders