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2011/12/20

Achievement

Professor Masayuki Yamamoto received the 2011 Uehara Prize
2011/12/15

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Discovery of a new function of Varp molecules -Varp promotes dendrite formation-
2011/12/08

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Recalculation of the total fertility rate among 47 prefectures -Marked decrease in 2005 and V-shaped recovery in 2006-
2011/12/01

Achievement

The paper award from Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties
2011/11/28

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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-
2011/11/25

Events

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)
2011/11/25

Events

The Japan-Russia University Fair (December 8, 2011)
2011/11/25

News

Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Tsuduki receives Young Investigator Award from ICoFF
2011/11/25

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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-
2011/11/24

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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 -
2011/11/21

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New excited state of Carbon-12 nucleus -A clue to the mystery of the origin of life-
2011/11/18

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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-
2011/11/17

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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-
2011/11/16

Achievement

2011 Japan Student Services Organization's Student of the Year
2011/11/16

News

Report on "5th Stanford and Tohoku Universities Joint Open Workshop on 3D Transistor and its Applications"
2011/11/15

Achievement

Professor Eiji Saitou receives IBM Japan Science Prize (Physics)
2011/11/15

News

Eighth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2011) was over as scheduled with a great success.
2011/11/11

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Professor Emeritus Tokiyasu Fujita received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
2011/11/11

Achievement

Associate Professor Eijiro Sumii receives IBM Japan Science Prize (Computer Science)
2011/11/11

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Tohoku University student team received the Gold Prize in BIOMOD (in Boston, on November 5, 2011)
2011/11/08

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Neuroprotective efficacy of calpain inhibitor for axonal damage-induced retinal ganglion cell death
2011/11/08

Achievement

Thermal Engineering Division Prize of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Professor Taku Ohara)
2011/11/08

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A path toward the development of GOS multi-functional device
2011/11/04

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Discovery of dressed-cells which inhibit delayed allergic reaction
2011/11/04

Achievement

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
2011/10/31

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Central pulse pressure is involved in renal disorder -The mechanism of microalbuminuria caused by hypertension and aortic stiffening-
2011/10/26

Achievement

Specially Appointed Professor Akira Endo (Graduate School of Agricultural Science) was selected as Persons of Cultural Merit
2011/10/24

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Structural observation of oxide nanoclusters in ODS steels - Elucidation for its superior high-temperature strength and resistance to neutron irradiation -
2011/10/21

Achievement

Professor Yuko Harayama received L'ordre national de la legion d'honneur (Chevalier)
2011/10/19

News

Campus Bus Time Schedule is revised on Oct 31
2011/10/13

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Light makes lumps of spin - Light irradiation magnetizes non-magnetic materials -
2011/10/11

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Semiconductor Cleaning harmless to humans -A new technology using solid nitrogen-
2011/10/07

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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-
2011/10/04

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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-
2011/09/30

News

Tohoku University Summer Programs2011(TSSP, TASP, TESP)
2011/09/29

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Several-fold difference in VEGF-R distribution induces continuous angiogenesis -Expectation for the new treatment method of arteriosclerotic diseases-
2011/09/27

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The origin of life: Chemical evolution occurred under the seafloor! -Amino acid oligomerization at high temperatures and pressures-
2011/09/26

News

Inoue Plan 2007 (Tohoku University Action Plan Revised for 2011)
2011/09/21

Achievement

Professor Hideo Ohno was chosen as a 2011 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate
2011/09/16

News

Elderly Welfare Index of each prefecture in Japan
2011/09/14

News

Development of a prototype Microminiature Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for brain imaging
2011/09/02

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An article about Tohoku University was published in Foreign Affairs
2011/09/02

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Discovery of water storage in the earth's interior over the past one billion years
2011/08/26

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Lightsource Illuminates the Puzzle of Asteroid Itokawa
2011/08/25

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Campus Bus Time Schedule during 2nd Semester
2011/08/22

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Tohoku University student team will participate in BIOMOD (The interim presentation will be held on August 26, 2011)
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 -
2011/08/19

Events

Tohoku University's Human Security Summer School (Held on Sep.12 - 14, 2011)
2011/08/17

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Controllable mass-endowing to the "massless" Dirac electrons - Breakthrough for developing revolutionary electronic devices with topological insulators -
2011/08/09

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Elucidation of "How obesity causes hypertension" - The mechanism for metabolic syndrome has been revealed -
2011/08/04

Achievement

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)
2011/08/02

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Elucidation of the new molecular mechanism for arteriosclerosis - Applications to prevention and treatment for myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction -
2011/07/22

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Development of the new electron microscopic technique visualizing ultraprecise 3D atomic images - A new dimension to structural analysis -
2011/07/19

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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 -
2011/07/19

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Campus Bus Special Time Schedule
2011/07/13

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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 -
2011/07/11

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Should we also swim in formation?
2011/07/06

Achievement

Professor Mitsuru HAGA at the Center for the Advancement of Higher Education received the Archaeological Award from the Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan
2011/07/06

Achievement

Development of superelastic alloys with small temperature dependence - Available over 2-4 times as wide as a temperature range of existing ones -
2011/07/05

Achievement

Environmental Engineering Award for Academic Achievement by Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Professor Takehiko Sato)
2011/06/27

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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 -
2011/06/23

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Discovery of genomic structural abnormalities frequently observed in type 2 diabetes - Expectation for a new treatment and medicine -
2011/06/23

Achievement

Elucidation for distribution of excited electrons using X-ray scattering
2011/06/20

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Proposal of cooling system of the nuclear reactor without external power
2011/06/18

Achievement

Professor Masahiro Hirama received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
2011/06/13

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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 -
2011/06/13

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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 -
2011/06/13

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Realization of standby power-free minimum TCAM based on spintronics -Ultra-high density LSI chip using magnets and semiconductor devices-
2011/06/13

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World's first Content Addressable Memory without electric power for data storage - For realization of electronic device without standby power -
2011/06/13

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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 -
2011/06/10

Achievement

Young Researcher Award of the Heat Transfer Society of Japan (Assistant Professor Kazushi Miyata at Institute of Fluid Science)
2011/06/08

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Rescue robot Quince explores Fukushima nuclear power plant
2011/06/06

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Development of a prediction system for vulnerable parts of piping in nuclear power plants
2011/06/02

Events

Eighth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2011) (Held on Nov.9 - 11, 2011)
2011/06/01

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iPS cells in human fibroblasts are generated exclusively from Muse cells
2011/06/01

News

Revision of Campus Bus Time Schedule
2011/05/31

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Elucidation for the relation between extinction vulnerability and environmental change according time and circumstances
2011/05/30

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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 -
2011/05/30

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Control of electron spin direction in semiconductors by ultrasonic waves - A step forward to realization of semiconductor spintronics devices -
2011/05/25

Events

Open Lecture by Ambassador of Canada to Japan (Held on Jun. 7)
2011/05/24

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Tohoku University starts to investigate why antimatter disappeared from the universe
2011/05/23

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Discovery of a new superconductor by electric field effect - Paving a way towards discovering new superconductors -
2011/05/16

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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 -
2011/05/12

News

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-
2011/05/11

Achievement

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
2011/05/02

News

Associate Professor Yuji Sutou has received The Young Scientists' Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2011/05/02

Achievement

Imaging of the electron state corresponding to high-temperature superconduction - A path toward the elucidation of high-temperature superconductor mechanism -
2011/04/28

Achievement

2011 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2011/04/27

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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
2011/04/26

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Visitation of City University of Hong Kong President Way Kuo
2011/04/25

Achievement

The effectiveness of RNAi in space - A new challenge for muscle and bone atrophy under the weightless condition -
2011/04/15

News

Message from Dean ：Graduate School of Information Sciences
2011/04/14

News

Campus Bus Time Schedule and Calendar
2011/04/11

Achievement

2011 President's Education Award
2011/04/08

News

Important Notice from Tohoku University: Detailed Schedule for Beginning of Lectures (Updated)
2011/04/08

News

Restart of Campus Bus Driving
2011/04/05

Achievement

A step forward for elucidation of retinal detachment mechanism - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha promotes photoreceptor death -
2011/04/05

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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 -
2011/03/30

Achievement

Visualization and elucidation of the mechanism by which HIV-1 protein enters the cell in nanometer-level
2011/03/30

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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 -
2011/03/29

Achievement

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
2011/03/22

Achievement

Attached biofuel cells　Development of flexible electrode seals including enzymes
2011/03/17

News

Message from the President regarding the Great East Japan Earthquake
2011/03/15

Achievement

Toward the treatment for retinal detachment through Heat Shock Protein induction - Neuroprotective effect of Geranylgeranylacetone
2011/03/14

Press Release

Important Notices from Tohoku University
2011/03/10

Achievement

Delay of the Development of Diabetic Nephropathy
2011/03/10

Achievement

Single-phase Separation and Synthesis of Rare Earth-less Magnet Powder (ferromagnetic iron nitride)
2011/03/09

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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
2011/03/07

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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 -
2011/03/02

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Direct Images of Disks Unravel Mystery of Planet Formation
2011/03/02

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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 -
2011/03/01

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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 -
2011/02/28

Achievement

Professor Masayuki Yamamoto received the 2011 SOT Leading Edge in Basic Science Award - The highest award given to nonmember researchers for longtime study -
2011/02/23

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The 51th Toray Science and Technology Prize goes to Professor Masayuki Yamamoto
2011/02/21

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Development of High-performance Supercapacitors - Hybridization of nanoporous metals and oxides -
2011/02/17

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2010 Sendai City Sports Award
2011/02/10

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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 -
2011/02/09

Press Release

- 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
2011/02/08

News

Tohoku University signed University Agreement with Chulalongkorn University
2011/02/08

News

Tohoku University signed University Agreement with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2011/02/08

Achievement

Ultrahigh-speed Communications Realized at 1/20 Lower Modulation Speed - The First Demonstration of 512 QAM Transmission -
2011/02/08

Achievement

Step Forward for Quantity Synthesis of Oligosaccharide to suppress the Growth of Helicobacter Pylori
2011/02/07

Press Release

Metabolomics data reveal a crucial role of cytosolic glutamine synthetase 1;1 in coordinating metabolic balance in rice
2011/02/07

Achievement

4 Professors receiving the 7th JSPS Prize
2011/02/04

Achievement

The First JSPS IKUSHI Prize
2011/01/31

Achievement

Breakthrough in technology for analyzing credibility of large amounts of information on the Internet
2011/01/25

Press Release

Department Agreement between Tohoku University and University College London (UCL)
2011/01/24

Achievement

Visiting Professor Takafumi Yao received the 60th Kahoku Culture Award, Industry Division
2011/01/17

Achievement

Successful Reduction of Dysprosium used for High-efficiency Magnet by 40%
2011/01/11

Achievement

Selective Suppression of Phagocytic Cells using Nanoparticles containing Steroid - New possible medication for retinal disorders -
2011/01/06

Achievement

Double Chooz Reactor Neutrino Experiment
2011/01/05

Events

"The 2011 WPI-AIMR Annual Workshop" will be held on February 21 through 24 in Sendai.
2011/01/04

Achievement

Discovery of high-pressure SiO2 mineral in a lunar meteorite (Existence of SiO2 mineral stable at high-pressure condition in lunar regolith)
2011/01/04

News

Undergraduate courses taught in English now open for application
2011/01/04

Achievement

Preventing Kidney Disease by Drinking Water - Water with high levels of dissolved hydrogen produced by electrolysis suppresses complication of chronic kidney disease in rats -
2011/01/04

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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 -

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