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  AI-Powered Platform Lays the Foundation for a New Era of Catalyst Discovery

  The platform serves as a one-stop source for experimental data, theoretical calculations, and scientific literature.

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  Rice Grown on the Moon?

  Researchers have developed a plasma technology that can produce a nitrogen fertilizer potentially suitable for cultivating rice seedlings under lunar conditions.

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  Listening for Quantum Oscillations in the Kondo Insulator YbB₁₂

  Quantum oscillations are tiny repeating changes in physical properties. We are only beginning to understand under which conditions they do and do not occur in different materials.

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  New Electrocatalyst Helps Clean Polluted Waters and Industrial Chemical Production

  The catalyst enables two reactions to occur efficiently within the same electrolysis device.

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  Research Institutes and Centers

  Tohoku University has 1,763 Research fellows from overseas, 12 Inter-Department Institutes for Education and 11 University Collaborating Institutions.

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  International Visitor Research Center

  A new institution which is open to researchers around the world, where people from diverse disciplines can gather, learn and create.

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  Research Profiles

  Utilizing Tohoku University's research results and resources in various industries.

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  Academic Research Staff

  This site provides you with information on academic research staff at Tohoku University.

Feature Highlights

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  In Conversation with Susumu Satomi

  Before stepping down on March 31, former president Susumu Satomi shared some of his favourite memories of his time at the university.

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  Motoko Kotani: By the Numbers

  AIMR Director Motoko Kotani, talks about using mathematics as the common language bridging the different disciplines within materials science.