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  Recycling a Pollutant to make Ammonia Production Greener

  Researchers have turned nitrate into an electrocatalyst, killing two birds with one stone: getting rid of a common pollutant and reducing the emissions involved in ammonia production.

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  Using Theory and Data to Create New Single Atom Catalysts for Cleaner Chlorine Production

  Researchers applied a "volcano" modeling analysis to identify new catalyst candidates that do not require scarce metals

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  Scientists Unveil a New Way to Look "Inside" Water's Microscopic Structure

  A new x-ray technique can directly probe the electronic structure of the first layer of water molecules, allowing us to better analyze the essence of life.

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  Interpretable Machine Intelligence for Materials Design of Metal Hydrides

  Researchers used the Digital Hydrogen Platform - which combines data from over five thousand meticulously curated experimental records - as a tool to guide materials design.

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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.