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13 Sep 2016
South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) signs cooperation MoU with Sunbo Unitech Co., Ltd. and Sunbo Angel Partners to take the lead in the activation of the venture industry in the southeastern region of the country.
12 Sep 2016
A joint symposium on "Coping with Incurable Disease" was held at Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital (PNUYH) in Pusan, South Korea, to accelerate the development of new drugs to treat incurable diseases.
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12 Sep 2016
A team of researchers affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, claims to have made yet another step towards finding a solution to one of the critical but unsolved fusion plasma physics problems.
08 Sep 2016
A Korean research team developed a mechanoluminescence color control technology that can change green light to red light by simulating the candy light-emitting principle.
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02 Sep 2016
A Korean research team developed microrobots with high propulsion efficiency in highly-viscous fluid environments, applying propulsion techniques that mimic the ciliary stroke motion of paramecia.
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02 Sep 2016
Research team in South Korea identified the pain transmission mechanism at the molecular level and presented new solutions for the understanding of pain signals and the development of pain treatments.
31 Aug 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) ranked first in the list of Asia’s most innovative top 75 universities, which was released on August 30, 2016 by Thomson Reuters.
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29 Aug 2016
A research team in South Korea has developed a continuous roll-processing technology that transfers and packages flexible large-scale integrated circuits (LSI).
26 Aug 2016
Partnership to bring significant benefits to our global society.
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25 Aug 2016
A new class of battery seperator has been engineered by a team of researchers, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), which is expected to bring unprecedented benefits to battery performance.
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25 Aug 2016
Prof. Sam H. Noh (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been appointed by the world's largest computing society as the next Editor-in-Chief of the ACM ToS Journal.
Prof. Cheol-Min Park
25 Aug 2016
The work by Prof. Cheol-Min Park (School of Natural Science) at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been selected to appear on the front cover of the prestigious journal, ChemComm.
UNIST and UCSD signs MoU
23 Aug 2016
Partnership to bring significant benefits to our global society.
MSE Supplies list
23 Aug 2016
Three faculty researchers of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, were among the most influential scientists in MSE, according to MSE Supplies.
JongCheol Pyo
16 Aug 2016
A total of 17 graduate students from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been honored with 2016 Global Ph.D Fellowship.
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08 Aug 2016
A new study, led by Prof. Jaesung Jang at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, has developed a new sensor for early detection of heart attack in humans.
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04 Aug 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, is well-represented 2016 List of Most Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) by Elsevier Scopus Data, which includes only the top 300 of the world's researchers in the field of MSE ranked by the total citations of their papers.
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01 Aug 2016
A Korean research team has created semi-transparent perovskite solar cells that demonstrate high-power conversion efficiency and transmit visible light while blocking infrared light, making them great candidates for solar windows.
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29 Jul 2016
The technology enables development of transparent flexible displays which can be transferred onto the skin at a low cost.
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29 Jul 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, has been named among the top 100 world-leading institutions for high-quality science in the Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars supplement.
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21 Jul 2016
A research team led by Professor Seyun Kim of the Department of Biological Sciences at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has identified inositol pyrophosphates as the molecule that strongly controls neuron signaling via synaptotagmin.
UNIST Hyperloop Design
21 Jul 2016
The 1st International Symposium on Hyperloop has been held at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, to discuss future direction and current status of Hyperloop research.
Janus colloids
21 Jul 2016
An international team of researchers has successfully demonstrated the self-organizing pattern formation in active materials at microscale with computer simulations.
14 Jul 2016
A Distinguished Professor in the School of Natural Science at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has been honored by the American Carbon Society for his outstanding contributions to the field of carbon materials.
octopus-inspired smart adhesive pad.
14 Jul 2016
A joint research team, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, has developed octopus-inspired smart adhesive pads.
24 Jun 2016
A group of KAIST researchers will share their insights on the future and challenges of the current technological innovations impacting all aspects of society, while showcasing their research excellence in artificial intelligence and robotics.
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21 Jun 2016
Scientists in Korea have developed a protein-scaffolding tool that paves the way for the assembly of diverse proteins with defined structures and functions.
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17 Jun 2016
KAIST researchers have sequenced the whole genome of Clostridium tyrobutyricum, which has a higher tolerance to toxic chemicals, such as 1-butanol, compared to other clostridial bacterial strains.
14 Jun 2016
A design team, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), located in Ulsan, South Korea, has been recognized by this year's Core77 Awards for engineering innovative packaging concept to provide emotional relief to young children in poor communities.
illustration of smart urban vehicle
07 Jun 2016
A research team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, has partnered with Power Plaza Co. Ltd., an electric vehicle manufacturer based in South Korea to make greener, lighter electric vehicles for urban mobility.

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Giants in history

Hwang Hye-seong (5 July 1920 – 14 December 2006) was an expert on Korean royal court cuisine, the knowledge of which she dedicated her career to keeping alive. Formerly an assistant professor of nutritional science, Hwang met the last kitchen court lady in the Joseon Dynasty Han Hui-sun and, from her, learned about the culinary traditions of the royal court.
South Korean theoretical physicist Daniel Chonghan Hong (3 March 1956 – 6 July 2002) achieved fame in the public sphere through his research into the physics of popcorn.
Korean parasitologist Seung-Yull Cho (16 November 1943 – 27 January 2019) is remembered largely for his pioneering works to control infections caused by helminthic parasites and his contribution to journal publishing.
Woo Jang-choon (8 April 1898 – 10 August 1959) was a Korean-Japanese agricultural scientist and botanist.
Joo-myung Seok (November 13, 1908 – October 6, 1950) was a Korean butterfly entomologist who made important contributions to the taxonomy of the native butterfly species in Korea.
Esther Park (1877-1910), born Kim Jeom-dong, was the first female Korean physician to practise modern medicine in Korea and trained the first generation of Korean female doctors.