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Study Opens A New Route to Achieving Mechanical Metamaterials
This work has been published in Science Advances on May 10 2019.
Conventional materials in nature expand perpendicular to the applied pressure, However, some materials act quite differently. Mechanical metamaterials with negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR), contract perpendicular to the applied pressure... Read More
UNIST to Embark on New Era of Micro Modular Reactor
Chair Professor Il Soon Hwang (School of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering) has been selected to lead the 'Nuclear Convergence Multidiscipline Technology Development Program' by MSIT and NRF.
UNIST will embark on a research project to develop safe and economically-friendly ‘Micro Modular Reactor’ in Ulsan. The project will be carried out over a period of four years with the aim of developing the polar and ocean-under... Read More
Child-friendly Design Makes Children’s Hospital Stays More Interesting and Fun
Professor Chajoong Kim and his design team, recognized for its child-friendly IV pole design at the world-renowned iF Design Award 2019.
A design team, led by Professor Chajoong Kim in the Graduate School of Creative Design Engineering (CDE) at UNIST has come up with a brilliant child-friendly design idea to help children have fun during their hospital stays. unveiled their... Read More
New Study Unveils Drug-resistant Gene for ‘Miracle’ Cancer Drug Gleevec
Their findings have been published in the March 2019 issue of Autophagy.
An international team of researchers, affilated with UNIST has identified a new gene that causes drug resistance against Novartis’s breakthrough cancer drug, Gleevec (Active ingredient: imatinib). Such finding has received a great dea... Read More
Droplet Trains Reveal How Nature Navigates Blood Traffic
The work by Distinguished Professor Bartosz A. Grzybowski has been appeared in Nature Physics on April 23, 2019.
Nearing a decision point, online traffic maps recommend a less-crowded route over the other ways with several slow spots. For most of us, the choice seems clear. Still, have you ever wondered whether this collectively preferring one path ma... Read More
New Technique Converts Eggshells into Bulky Nanoporous Graphene and Pure Hydrogen
Their findings have been published in the April 2019 issue of Advanced Materials.
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a new way to turn discarded eggshells into hydrogen, an innovative and alternative energy for the future. The new method, which is used as a catalyst for the conversion of alchohols to hydr... Read More
Highly-stable Water Electrolysis Catalyst for the Production of Hydrogen and Oxygen
Their findings have been published in Nature Communications on April 12, 2019.
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has presented noble catalysts for water electrolysis, capable of generating hydrogen and oxygen at the same time. According to the research team, among the catalysts reported so far, these are most stab... Read More
New Genomics Approaches to Nomura’s Jellyfish Sheds Light on Early Evolution of Active Predation
Their findings have been published in BMC Biology on March 29, 2019.
The genetic map of Nomura’s jellyfish, scientifically known as Nemopilema nomurai, has been analyzed for the first time. Through this, the researchers have provided clues to the genetic basis of the innovative structure, function, and... Read More
Scientists Demonstrate New Solvent-free, Single Lithium-ion Conducting COF
The findings of this research have been published in the March 2019 issue of JACS.
A solid-state battery is considered a safe battery that does not explode. It is a form of strengthening safety by using a solid electrolyte instead of a liquid electrolyte adhering to fire. As such, the performance of solid electrolytes is... Read More
UNIST Unveils Low-cost and High-efficiency Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Their findings have been published in the March 2019 issue of Nano Energy.
The study finds key to produce perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells that display high efficiency (21.19%).
In quest of higher efficiency, a major breakthrough has been made in silicon (Si) solar cell technology. Known as Tandem, this technology is aimed at overcoming the theoretical efficiency limit of Si solar cells by adding perovskite solar c... Read More
