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.
Researchers have developed a mesoporous cobalt oxide that minimizes metal leaching, and maintains performance for over 100 hours at just 248 mV overpotential.
Polymorphs are useful for pharmaceutical and material science applications - but how can we control which polymorph is produced? This model may be the key.
New research challenges conventional thinking on hydrogen evolution reaction.
Researchers have uncovered a risk factor for dementia that may be a useful tool for clinicians monitoring their patients: age of menopause onset.
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.
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