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21 Jul 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
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
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
An international team of researchers has successfully demonstrated the self-organizing pattern formation in active materials at microscale with computer simulations.
14 Jul 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
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
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
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
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
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
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
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.
Professor Ki Jin Han of UNIST
07 Jun 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A professor, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been recognized as one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of Electronic Packaging, winning the 2015 IEEE CPMT Best Paper Awards.
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03 Jun 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
A Korean research team developed an ideal electrode structure composed of graphene and layers of titanium dioxide and conducting polymers, resulting in highly flexible and efficient OLEDs.
Director Jaeweon Cho
30 May 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Researchers affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, have found a new way to convert human waste into renewable energy sources.
Professor Chae Un Kim of UNIST
23 May 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
For the first time, scientists have observed the structural changes in carbonic anhydrase. They expect that this will greatly contribute to the future biomedical research and new drug development.
Dr. Steve Granick
03 May 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Dr. Steve Granick (Director, IBS Center for Soft and Living Matter) at UNIST has been recognized by one of America's most prestigious honorary societies.
Professor Kyunghan Lee of UNIST
20 Apr 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A Korean research team, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has been selected to receive the 2016 IEEE William R. Bennett Prize Paper Award.
Atomic-level simulations
08 Apr 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
The team—made up of scientists from the University of Illinois Center for the Physics of Living Cells in the United States, Johns Hopkins University in the United States, and UNIST—discovered DNA molecules directly interact with one another based on sequence even in the absence of protein molecules.
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07 Apr 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
More than 120 senior representatives from 65 universities around the world will convene this month in Seoul to discuss the social responsibilities of higher education and strategic global partnerships among academia, research, and industry to advance socio-economic values.
Prof. Jae Sung Lee and Prof. Soojin Park of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST
05 Apr 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A joint research team, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, finds a way to mass-produce Silicon nanosheets, using natural resources.
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29 Mar 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
FloSIS is a multi-10Gbps network flow capture system that supports real-time flow indexing for fast flow retrieval and flow-content deduplication for enhanced storage efficiency.
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29 Mar 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a revolutionary bio-medical imaging tool, the HT-1, to view and analyze cells, which is commercially available.
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29 Mar 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A research team led by Professor Jang Hyun Choi of UNIST, Korea, discovered Gleevec which is used in leukemia medications, holds promise for a dramatically more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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29 Mar 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A new research affiliated with UNIST, Korea, suggests a new material that is more solid and 30% lighter than standard gold.
25 Mar 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) collaborated with an international team to discover a novel chemical reaction, carbon-hydrogen borylation using methane.
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25 Mar 2016
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)
Scientists in Korea have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air, alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light.
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24 Mar 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Unmanned ships have received relatively little media attention compared to aerial drones and self-driving cars. Researchers in Korea have been developing technologies to enable and facilitate the realization of unmanned autonomous ships in the near future.
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22 Mar 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Highly sensitive electronic biosniffers can diagnose diseases by precisely detecting biomarkers in exhaled breath.
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22 Mar 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
A research team at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a technique, which enables unzipping of the graphene plane without uncontrollable damage.
Prof. Oh-Hoon Kwon (School of Natural Science)
18 Mar 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Featured as a 'Hot Article' on the front cover of Chemistry: A European Journal.
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17 Mar 2016
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Atomic motion in a crystalline oxide that was used as a cathode in Li-ion batteries was directly demonstrated by state-of-an-art transmission electron microscopy, revealing the transient pathway of a chemical ordering reaction.

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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.
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.
Woo Jang-choon (8 April 1898 – 10 August 1959) was a Korean-Japanese agricultural scientist and botanist.
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.
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.
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.