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 research team reported that carotenoids utilize distortability thanks to their flexible molecular structure, producing unique color tones as a result.
Scientists might be able to control the properties of specific metals with honeycomb crystal lattices by causing their positively charged ions to team up.
For centuries scientists have believed that our brain stores one body map to help coordinate our actions, but a research group has revealed that our mind stores multiple maps.
A research group looked into a potential therapeutic strategy that shows promise in treating epilepsy and aiding patients whose symptoms are untreatable with medicine.
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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