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  Breakthrough in Carbon-Based Battery Materials Improves Safety, Durability, and Power

  This breakthrough at the WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research provides a blueprint for designing next-generation battery materials.

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  An AI-Based Blueprint for Designing Catalysts Across Materials

  A new computational framework has accelerated the process of finding effective catalysts for producing hydrogen peroxide directly from water and electricity.

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  Tohoku University and Fujitsu Use AI to Discover Promising New Superconducting Material

  This study suggests that AI could speed up the development of new materials - starting with a specific superconducting material as an example.

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  How a Gourmet's Palate Becomes Refined: Taste Training Mechanisms

  The sweet ending to this story is that a novel taste recall training paradigm helped participants refine their palate for sweet substances.

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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.