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.
Super engineering plastics are remarkably resistant, yet manufacturing them induces a high amount of stress on machinery. Researchers have offered a solution.
A treatment involving sound waves that releases cancer drugs specifically inside lymph nodes could improve the prognosis of advanced breast cancer.
Results from long-term study of more than 36,000 Japanese men suggest an association between eating mushrooms and a lower risk of prostate cancer.
Study shows cell proliferation controls jellyfish body size, tentacle shape and regeneration of body parts.
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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