# Feature Highlights

**Source**: https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/index_2.html
**Parent**: https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/index.html

Feature Highlights showcase interesting and exciting research projects from within the university.

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- 2016-07-11

  [Forcing liquids into a squeeze](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_21.html)
- 2016-06-03

  [Brain buster: Noriko Osumi is uncovering the links between genetics and brain development](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_20.html)
- 2016-05-26

  [Sparking the next revolution in data science](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/next_revolution_in_data_science.html)
- 2016-05-10

  [Taking memory for a spin](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_19.html)
- 2016-04-11

  [Fueling the hydrogen revolution](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_18.html)
- 2016-01-12

  [A Planner by Design](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_16.html)
- 2015-10-29

  [Robo Rescue!](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_14.html)
- 2015-10-01

  [Understanding Muscles](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_13.html)
- 2015-08-31

  [Some sense of touch](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_12.html)
- 2015-07-31

  [Surrogacy and the Law](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/research/research_highlights/research_highlight_11.html)

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### [University Research News](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/research/index.html)

- 2026-02-05

  [From Japan to Europe: Strengthening Global Preparedness for WUI Fires](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/from_japan_to_europe_strengthening_global_preparedness_for_wui_fires.html)
- 2025-12-04

  [World's First Mitochondrial Disease Treatment 'MA-5' Commences Phase II Clinical Trial](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/worlds_first_mitochondrial_disease_treatment_commences_clinical_trial.html)
- 2025-11-19

  [New List of Highly Cited Researchers Includes Seven from Tohoku University](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/new_list_of_highly_cited_researchers_includes_seven_from_tohoku_university_2025.html)
- 2025-11-05

  [Explore Japan's Seismic Science in New Online Course](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/explore_japans_seismic_science_in_new_online_course.html)
- 2025-04-14

  [SiRIUS: A New Frontier for Physician-Scientists](https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/sirius_a_new_frontier_for_physician_scientists.html)

### Research at a Glance

- #### Research

  - 2,221 Research fellows from overseas
  - 5,976 Academic Staff studying overseas
- #### Research Institutes

  - [Institute for Materials Research](http://www.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/en/)
  - [Institute of Development - Aging and Cancer](http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/index.en.php)
  - [Institute of Fluid Science (Joint Usage / Research Center)](http://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/index_e.html)
  - [Research Institute of Electrical Communication](http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/en/)
  - [Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials](http://www.tagen.tohoku.ac.jp/en/)
  - [International Research Institute of Disaster Science](http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/)