News & Topics
- 2024.8.9 News
- The 22nd Summer Holiday Children's Science Campus (held on 7th and 8th of August), which was conducted by Associate Professor Hiroki Kurita, was introduced in a television news programme.
- 2024.7.1 News
- The title of Prominent Research Fellowat Tohoku University was granted to Assistant Professor Zhenjin Wang.
- 2024.5.14 News
- Press release:Creating a Green Composite Material from Japanese Washi Paper
- 2024.3.18 News
- The review paper by Yaonan Yu was selected as an Wiley Top Downloaded Article.
- 2024.1.2 News
- The academic paper by Toshiki Ueno and Takeru Nakaki was selected as an Editors' Choice article.
- 2023.12.28 News
- Press release:Piezo Composites with Carbon Fibers for Motion Sensors
- 2023.12.8 News
- Takeru Nakaki received the Best Presentation Award at the 1st Student Symposium on Surface Modification.
- 2023.11.28 News
- Alia Gallet-Pandellé received the Poster Award at the 15th International Conference on Ecomaterials 2023.
- 2023.11.1 News
- Yaonan Yu's academic paper (Composites Part A) was presented on IEEE Spectrum.
- 2023.9.14 Event
- The 32nd Symposium on New Structural Materials・Functional Controlled Materials・Functionally Graded Materials was held at the main building of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies.
- 2023.9.12 Event
- The 48th Symposium on Composite Materials was held at the Main Building of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies.
- 2023.6.15 News
- Press release:Energy Harvesting Via Vibrations: Researchers Develop Highly Durable and Efficient Device
- 2023.3.24 News
- Kohei MARUYAMA won the 2022 Award of the Dean of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies.
- 2022.12.14 News
- Toshiki UENO won the Best Paper Award at 8th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (December 11-14, 2022, India).
- 2022.12.2 News
- Press release:Batteryless and Wireless Device Detects Coronavirus with Magnetostrictive Composite Plates
- 2022.8.9 News
- Kohei MARUYAMA won the Best Presentation Award at 16th International Symposium on Functionally Graded Materials (August 7-10, 2022, USA).
- 2022.6.16 News
- A review paper on virus sensor materials has been selected for the Wiley Top Downloaded Article.
- 2022.5.27 News
- The article from Aoba Kankyo Hozen."The Narita laboratory of the Tohoku University came to the Japanese paper studio. ~Across the sea? Japanese paper and apron~ ".
- 2022.5.19 News
- A special number of the “7th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (March 13-15, 2021, Internet) “ was published, and the illustrationis on the cover.
- 2022.4.27 News
- Narita laboratory won the gold prize at "the 8th of Japan Resilience Award" and "STOP infection award" .
- 2022.3.1 News
- The authors of a review article on virus sensor materials have received a global award in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation x SDGs Award 2022 : Academy & Junior Academy Category.
- 2021.12.28 News
- Zhenjin WANG won the 2020 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.
- 2021.9.21 News
- A thesis was written by Mr.Satoshi Egawa, a graduate in our laboratory, was featured on the cover of an academic journal.
- 2021.9.3 News
- The relationship between the silk scarf worn by UAE athletes at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies and the "UAE-NIPPON Friendship Silk Project", in which our laboratory participates, was posted on the Tohoku University Global Site.
- 2021.6.23 Event
- A message of support was sent from our laboratory to UAE Olympic athletes.It was handed over to the UAE National Olympic Committee at the silk scurf presentation ceremonyin Dubai.
- 2021.5.18 News
- A review paper on virus sensor materials was featured in Asia Research News 2021.
- 2021.4.19 News
- Research result is featured in JST Science Japan.
- 2021.4.10 News
- Yinli Wang and Kei Makabe won the Best Presentation Award at 7th Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (March 13-15, 2021, Internet).
- 2021.3.3 News
- Research result on silk is featured in the top page of Asis Research News. It is also selected and distributed in EurekAlert e-newsletter.
- 2021.2.26 News
- Research result is featured in YAHOO News. It is also featured in Nikkei Business Daily.
- 2021.2.26 News
- Press release:Changing the Silkworm's Diet to Spin Stronger Silk
- 2021.2.3 News
- Press release:Succeeded in creating unidirectional plant nanofiber reinforced silkworm thread-Expected as a reinforcing material for green composite-
- 2020.11.30 News
- A review paper on virus sensor materials was featured in Advanced Science News and won first place in Most read this week.
- 2020.11.25 News
- Press release:Grabbing Viruses Out of Thin Air
- 2020.8.31 News
- Prof. Kurita won the 7th IRMAIL Science Grant "Verder Scientific Award" in 2020.
- 2020.6.30 News
- Our "Energy Harvesting Materials Research" was published in The Innovation Platform.
- 2020.4.1 News
- Prof. Narita and Assistant Professor Kurita have been moved to Graduate School of Environmental Science.
- 2020.2.17 News
- The book "Let's Learn Fracture Mechanics of Materials" will be published, and the caricature of a former member will appear on the four-frame comics in this book.
- 2020.1.29 News
- Invited Review Paper by Narita and Fox is recognized as a top cited paper in Advanced Engineering Materials (2018-2019).
- 2018.11.9 News
- Our " Energy Harvesting Materials Research" was published in Impact, Science Impact Ltd., U.K.
- 2018.8.12 News
- Assist.prof. Kurita won the Best presentation awards at 2018 3rd International Conference on Design, Materials and Manufacturing (Okinawa, Japan)
- 2018.5.22 News
- The illustration designed by members of our laboratory became the cover of Advanced Engineering Materials(Vol.20, No. 5).
- 2017.4.1 News
- The book “Let's Learn Mechanics of Materials” has been published.
- 2016.11.28 News
- Research result has been published in Nikkei Newspaper. It is also featured in EE Times Japan.






