International symposium
New beginnings in materials science and spintronics

A special symposium marked the commencement of an exciting new era in materials and spintronics research at Tohoku University

Top-level interview
Creating a world-leading materials science center that transcends borders

11/27/2017

Tohoku University has been selected by the Japanese government to be one of three Designated National Universities. The directors of the three materials research institutes at Tohoku University talk about strategies they will employ to advance the university’s research in materials science and establish one of the world leading centers in the field.

New center
Planting the seeds for brand new materials and technology

07/31/2017

Researchers at a new initiative, MathAM-OIL, are collaborating with both the AIMR and AIST to seed the development of clever materials for cutting-edge technologies

International symposium
Maths makes a material difference in less than ten years

03/27/2017

AMIS2017 celebrated a decade of transformative research in materials science

Interview with a mathematician
Experimenting with maths and materials

01/30/2017

Yasumasa Nishiura gives a mathematician’s perspective on the five-year collaboration between mathematics and materials science at the AIMR

International exchange
A new center of excellence in nanotechnology in China

11/28/2016

AIMR researchers visited the Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience in China to exchange information and ideas

Roundtable interview
A mathematician, an experimentalist and their interpreter

09/26/2016

By pooling their unique perspectives, three AIMR researchers with very different backgrounds have used a powerful new mathematical technique to discover structures lurking in amorphous solids