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.
A new catalyst was developed by researchers at Tohoku University by forming a thin layer of iron polyphthalocyanine around carbon nanotubes.
Most currently used fuel cells can only operate efficiently above 500°C, but researchers found a way to cut that number in half.
Recent research may redefine our understanding of how carbon nanomaterials can be used in clean energy technologies.
A research group has used advanced optical techniques to reveal the origins and magnetic properties of an organic crystal thought to be an altermagnet - a newly discovered class of magnets.
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.
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.