| 2011 |
| 12/20 |
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Professor Masayuki Yamamoto received the 2011 Uehara Prize |
| 12/15 |
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Discovery of a new function of Varp molecules -Varp promotes dendrite formation- |
| 12/08 |
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Recalculation of the total fertility rate among 47 prefectures -Marked decrease in 2005 and V-shaped recovery in 2006- |
| 12/01 |
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The paper award from Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties |
| 11/28 |
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Fabrication of nanocomposite thin films with high refractive index and thermal stability -Homogeneous incorporation of nanoparticles into polyimide with high nanoparticle contents- |
| 11/25 |
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The 1st "Social Science and Humanities Forum between Japan and Russia: For the Possibility of Academic Exchange between Japan and Russia in the Age of Globalization " (December 8-9, 2011) |
| 11/25 |
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The Japan-Russia University Fair (December 8, 2011) |
| 11/25 |
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Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Tsuduki receives Young Investigator Award from ICoFF |
| 11/25 |
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Discovery of Ag2O3 with strong antimicrobial activity -Breakthrough by Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Daini Senior High School students supported by Tohoku University- |
| 11/24 |
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High-purity hydrogen production from sewage sludge - Over 90% yield can be attained by addition of inorganics and heating at 600°C - |
| 11/21 |
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New excited state of Carbon-12 nucleus -A clue to the mystery of the origin of life- |
| 11/18 |
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Blood pressure elevation sustained during 4 weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake -Proposal for countermeasures to chronic diseases of disaster-afflicted people- |
| 11/17 |
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Direct observation of ultra-diluted impurities in ceramics -Discovery of an unexpected superstructure arising from an interaction between impurities and defects segregated at grain boundary- |
| 11/16 |
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2011 Japan Student Services Organization's Student of the Year |
| 11/16 |
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Report on "5th Stanford and Tohoku Universities Joint Open Workshop on 3D Transistor and its Applications" |
| 11/15 |
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Professor Eiji Saitou receives IBM Japan Science Prize (Physics) |
| 11/15 |
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Eighth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2011) was over as scheduled with a great success. |
| 11/11 |
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Professor Emeritus Tokiyasu Fujita received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun |
| 11/11 |
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Associate Professor Eijiro Sumii receives IBM Japan Science Prize (Computer Science) |
| 11/11 |
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Tohoku University student team received the Gold Prize in BIOMOD (in Boston, on November 5, 2011) |
| 11/08 |
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Neuroprotective efficacy of calpain inhibitor for axonal damage-induced retinal ganglion cell death |
| 11/08 |
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Thermal Engineering Division Prize of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Professor Taku Ohara) |
| 11/08 |
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A path toward the development of GOS multi-functional device |
| 11/04 |
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Discovery of dressed-cells which inhibit delayed allergic reaction |
| 11/04 |
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Professor Mitsumasa Koyanagi at New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University has received 2011 Medal with Purple Ribbon in academic researches, art, culture and sports |
| 10/31 |
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Central pulse pressure is involved in renal disorder -The mechanism of microalbuminuria caused by hypertension and aortic stiffening- |
| 10/26 |
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Specially Appointed Professor Akira Endo (Graduate School of Agricultural Science) was selected as Persons of Cultural Merit |
| 10/24 |
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Structural observation of oxide nanoclusters in ODS steels - Elucidation for its superior high-temperature strength and resistance to neutron irradiation - |
| 10/21 |
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Professor Yuko Harayama received L'ordre national de la legion d'honneur (Chevalier) |
| 10/19 |
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Campus Bus Time Schedule is revised on Oct 31 |
| 10/13 |
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Light makes lumps of spin - Light irradiation magnetizes non-magnetic materials - |
| 10/11 |
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Semiconductor Cleaning harmless to humans -A new technology using solid nitrogen- |
| 10/07 |
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Usage of clarithromycin for COPD and other neutrophilic inflammatory airway diseases has been allowed -Development of treatment method for severe COPD- |
| 10/04 |
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Ultra-high-density magma remains at the bottom of the mantle from the birth of the early Earth -Elucidation of the density growth of silicate glass under the ultra-high pressure condition- |
| 09/30 |
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Tohoku University Summer Programs2011(TSSP, TASP, TESP) |
| 09/29 |
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Several-fold difference in VEGF-R distribution induces continuous angiogenesis -Expectation for the new treatment method of arteriosclerotic diseases- |
| 09/27 |
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The origin of life: Chemical evolution occurred under the seafloor! -Amino acid oligomerization at high temperatures and pressures- |
| 09/26 |
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Inoue Plan 2007 (Tohoku University Action Plan Revised for 2011) |
| 09/21 |
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Professor Hideo Ohno was chosen as a 2011 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate |
| 09/16 |
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Elderly Welfare Index of each prefecture in Japan |
| 09/14 |
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Development of a prototype Microminiature Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for brain imaging |
| 09/02 |
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An article about Tohoku University was published in Foreign Affairs |
| 09/02 |
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Discovery of water storage in the earth's interior over the past one billion years |
| 08/26 |
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Lightsource Illuminates the Puzzle of Asteroid Itokawa |
| 08/25 |
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Campus Bus Time Schedule during 2nd Semester |
| 08/22 |
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Tohoku University student team will participate in BIOMOD (The interim presentation will be held on August 26, 2011) |
| 08/22 |
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Spin current generation through acoustic wave injection - A path toward the development of new energy-saving electronic devices - |
| 08/19 |
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Tohoku University's Human Security Summer School (Held on Sep.12 - 14, 2011) |
| 08/17 |
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Controllable mass-endowing to the "massless" Dirac electrons - Breakthrough for developing revolutionary electronic devices with topological insulators - |
| 08/09 |
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Elucidation of "How obesity causes hypertension" - The mechanism for metabolic syndrome has been revealed - |
| 08/04 |
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Development of highly-efficient decomposition technology of persistent substances in a liquid by micro discharge bubble jet (by Professor Hideya Nishiyama at Institute of Fluid Science) |
| 08/02 |
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Elucidation of the new molecular mechanism for arteriosclerosis - Applications to prevention and treatment for myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction - |
| 07/22 |
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Development of the new electron microscopic technique visualizing ultraprecise 3D atomic images - A new dimension to structural analysis - |
| 07/19 |
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Geoneutrino measurements revealed "Earth's primordial heat supply has remained!" - Heat from radioactive decay contributes about half of the heat flux on the Earth surface - |
| 07/19 |
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Campus Bus Special Time Schedule |
| 07/13 |
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Elucidation of the reason why Tc is so suppressed in iron-based high-temperature superconductors - Contributing to designing a novel superconductor with higher Tc - |
| 07/11 |
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Should we also swim in formation? |
| 07/06 |
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Professor Mitsuru HAGA at the Center for the Advancement of Higher Education received the Archaeological Award from the Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| 07/06 |
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Development of superelastic alloys with small temperature dependence - Available over 2-4 times as wide as a temperature range of existing ones - |
| 07/05 |
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Environmental Engineering Award for Academic Achievement by Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Professor Takehiko Sato) |
| 06/27 |
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Discovery of a new spin injection method available into all types of materials -The significant progress for development of next-generation energy-saving devices - |
| 06/23 |
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Discovery of genomic structural abnormalities frequently observed in type 2 diabetes - Expectation for a new treatment and medicine - |
| 06/23 |
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Elucidation for distribution of excited electrons using X-ray scattering |
| 06/20 |
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Proposal of cooling system of the nuclear reactor without external power |
| 06/18 |
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Professor Masahiro Hirama received the Medal with Purple Ribbon |
| 06/13 |
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Giant enhancement of spin accumulation in nonmagnetic silver - A path toward the development of ultrasensitive magnetic sensor and high-capacity nonvolatile memory - |
| 06/13 |
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World's first nonvolatile MTJ device with a new structure - Improvement of nonvolatile spintronics device for realization of low power consumption system LSI - |
| 06/13 |
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Realization of standby power-free minimum TCAM based on spintronics -Ultra-high density LSI chip using magnets and semiconductor devices- |
| 06/13 |
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World's first Content Addressable Memory without electric power for data storage - For realization of electronic device without standby power - |
| 06/13 |
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For realization of electric devices without standby power - World's first development and demonstration of low-power system LSI utilizing electric charge and spin - |
| 06/10 |
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Young Researcher Award of the Heat Transfer Society of Japan (Assistant Professor Kazushi Miyata at Institute of Fluid Science) |
| 06/08 |
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Rescue robot Quince explores Fukushima nuclear power plant |
| 06/06 |
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Development of a prediction system for vulnerable parts of piping in nuclear power plants |
| 06/02 |
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Eighth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2011) (Held on Nov.9 - 11, 2011) |
| 06/01 |
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iPS cells in human fibroblasts are generated exclusively from Muse cells |
| 06/01 |
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Revision of Campus Bus Time Schedule |
| 05/31 |
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Elucidation for the relation between extinction vulnerability and environmental change according time and circumstances |
| 05/30 |
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The world first Soft X-ray spectroscopy under very high magnetic fields - Accelerating the development of high performance magnets without rare-earth - |
| 05/30 |
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Control of electron spin direction in semiconductors by ultrasonic waves - A step forward to realization of semiconductor spintronics devices - |
| 05/25 |
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Open Lecture by Ambassador of Canada to Japan (Held on Jun. 7) |
| 05/24 |
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Tohoku University starts to investigate why antimatter disappeared from the universe |
| 05/23 |
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Discovery of a new superconductor by electric field effect - Paving a way towards discovering new superconductors - |
| 05/16 |
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Elucidation for a mechanism for the assembly of the cell division machinery - Discovery from the molecular imaging analysis of the nematode embryos - |
| 05/12 |
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Tohoku University Recommencement Declaration [Opening the Path to the Future as a World-Class University] -Rehabilitation, Revival, and Contributing to the Continuous Development of Human Society- |
| 05/11 |
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Development of a method for destroying noradrenergic neurons with regional selectivity in the mouse brain - Depletion of noradrenaline in the locus ceruleus increases anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors |
| 05/02 |
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Associate Professor Yuji Sutou has received The Young Scientists' Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 05/02 |
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Imaging of the electron state corresponding to high-temperature superconduction - A path toward the elucidation of high-temperature superconductor mechanism - |
| 04/28 |
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2011 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 04/27 |
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Associate Professor Atsunori Kamegawa and Assistant Professor Takahiro Kuriiwa have received Prizes for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 04/26 |
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Visitation of City University of Hong Kong President Way Kuo |
| 04/25 |
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The effectiveness of RNAi in space - A new challenge for muscle and bone atrophy under the weightless condition - |
| 04/15 |
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Message from Dean ：Graduate School of Information Sciences |
| 04/14 |
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Campus Bus Time Schedule and Calendar |
| 04/11 |
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2011 President's Education Award |
| 04/08 |
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Important Notice from Tohoku University: Detailed Schedule for Beginning of Lectures (Updated) |
| 04/08 |
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Restart of Campus Bus Driving |
| 04/05 |
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A step forward for elucidation of retinal detachment mechanism - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha promotes photoreceptor death - |
| 04/05 |
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Development of CMOS Image Sensor Exhibiting Ultrahigh Speed Moving Image Capturing at 20 million frames/second - A path toward the explication of ultrafast phenomena - |
| 03/30 |
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Visualization and elucidation of the mechanism by which HIV-1 protein enters the cell in nanometer-level |
| 03/30 |
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Observation of ultrafast electron spin precession in magnetic alloys - Contributions to the development of materials for gigabits Magnetoresisitive Random Access Memory - |
| 03/29 |
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A research group led by Professor Tetsuya Kodama and Senior Assistant Professor Mirei Chiba (Miki) received the best paper award from International Association for Dental Research |
| 03/22 |
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Attached biofuel cells Development of flexible electrode seals including enzymes |
| 03/17 |
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Message from the President regarding the Great East Japan Earthquake |
| 03/15 |
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Toward the treatment for retinal detachment through Heat Shock Protein induction - Neuroprotective effect of Geranylgeranylacetone |
| 03/14 |
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Important Notices from Tohoku University |
| 03/10 |
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Delay of the Development of Diabetic Nephropathy |
| 03/10 |
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Single-phase Separation and Synthesis of Rare Earth-less Magnet Powder (ferromagnetic iron nitride) |
| 03/09 |
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Improvement of insulin productivity by Pancreatic Islet Autotransplantation for a patient after undergoing an emergency surgery to remove the whole Pancreas |
| 03/07 |
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Discovery of New Metabolic Enzyme and its Complex contributing to Cellular Memory - Amino acid metabolism in nucleus is involved in histone methylation and epigenetic regulation - |
| 03/02 |
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Direct Images of Disks Unravel Mystery of Planet Formation |
| 03/02 |
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On-off Control of Magnet by spinning around Molecule - A path toward the development of single-molecule memory using a single-molecule magnet - |
| 03/01 |
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High Purity Gallium Nitride Bulk Single Crystal Growth by the Ammonothermal Method - A path toward the growth of GaN substrate for power-switching devices by a crystal growth method using supercritical ammonia - |
| 02/28 |
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Professor Masayuki Yamamoto received the 2011 SOT Leading Edge in Basic Science Award - The highest award given to nonmember researchers for longtime study - |
| 02/23 |
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The 51th Toray Science and Technology Prize goes to Professor Masayuki Yamamoto |
| 02/21 |
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Development of High-performance Supercapacitors - Hybridization of nanoporous metals and oxides - |
| 02/17 |
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2010 Sendai City Sports Award |
| 02/10 |
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Touch is a Switch, The Source of Eros in the Brain - When male Drosophila touches the female, the male-specific interneurons are excited to trigger stereotypic courtship behavior - |
| 02/09 |
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- Research Result presented in Nature Communications - New Production Mechanism of Red Blood Cells A clue to the development of treatments for cerebral anemia and myelodysplastic syndrome |
| 02/08 |
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Tohoku University signed University Agreement with Chulalongkorn University |
| 02/08 |
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Tohoku University signed University Agreement with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 02/08 |
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Ultrahigh-speed Communications Realized at 1/20 Lower Modulation Speed - The First Demonstration of 512 QAM Transmission - |
| 02/08 |
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Step Forward for Quantity Synthesis of Oligosaccharide to suppress the Growth of Helicobacter Pylori |
| 02/07 |
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Metabolomics data reveal a crucial role of cytosolic glutamine synthetase 1;1 in coordinating metabolic balance in rice |
| 02/07 |
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4 Professors receiving the 7th JSPS Prize |
| 02/04 |
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The First JSPS IKUSHI Prize |
| 01/31 |
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Breakthrough in technology for analyzing credibility of large amounts of information on the Internet |
| 01/25 |
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Department Agreement between Tohoku University and University College London (UCL) |
| 01/24 |
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Visiting Professor Takafumi Yao received the 60th Kahoku Culture Award, Industry Division |
| 01/17 |
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Successful Reduction of Dysprosium used for High-efficiency Magnet by 40% |
| 01/11 |
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Selective Suppression of Phagocytic Cells using Nanoparticles containing Steroid - New possible medication for retinal disorders - |
| 01/06 |
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Double Chooz Reactor Neutrino Experiment |
| 01/05 |
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"The 2011 WPI-AIMR Annual Workshop" will be held on February 21 through 24 in Sendai. |
| 01/04 |
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Discovery of high-pressure SiO2 mineral in a lunar meteorite (Existence of SiO2 mineral stable at high-pressure condition in lunar regolith) |
| 01/04 |
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Undergraduate courses taught in English now open for application |
| 01/04 |
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Preventing Kidney Disease by Drinking Water - Water with high levels of dissolved hydrogen produced by electrolysis suppresses complication of chronic kidney disease in rats - |
| 01/04 |
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Discovery of New Proteins required for DNA Double Strand Break Repair in Human Cells - New cause of cancer and its treatment - |
