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UNIST to Open a Whole New Chapter in Nano Technology

UNIST researchers, making Nature magazine with nanotech breakthrough

From left are, Prof. Tae-Sung Kim (School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering) and his advisees, Min-suk Kim and Do-Kyung Ha in silicon wafer manufacturing laboratory at UNIST.

The formation of cracks is thought of as an unavoidable, unpleasant phenomenon because people believe that it is impossible to prevent cracking from all various forces. In recent years, scientists have demonstrated the ways to control fract... Read More

UNIST to Engineer Biomarkers for Depression and Suicidality

Blood-based biomarkers, determining individual risks of suicidal behaviors

Prof. Jong-Hwa Bhak (left) and Prof. Yoon-Kyoung Cho (right) from School of Life Sciences are posing for a portrait at their lab.

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death that is increasing in prevalence worldwide. In recent years, researchers have been focusing on identifying biological signals, or biomarkers that can increase the accuracy of prediction of futur... Read More

Feb 27, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

New Beamline to Boost Scientific Capabilities

Official ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the new UNIST-PAL Beamline

The inauguration ceremony of the UNIST-PAL beamline was attended by MooYoung Jung (Vice-president of Research, UNIST), MooHyun Cho (Director, PAL, POSTECH), and key contributors.

After two years of work on ambitious construction programme, the UNIST-PAL Beamline has been designed and constructed at the Pohang Light Source (PLS) of Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL), POSTECH, Korea. This will not only improve the qu... Read More

Feb 15, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

UNIST, Engineering New Class of Memory Technology

UNIST research team, develops new tech to make stable ferroelectrics

Prof. Yoon-Seok Oh (School of Natural Science) poses for a portrait in his office at UNIST.

On January 13, a team of researchers, headed by Professor Yoon-Seok Oh (School of Natural Science) announced that they have successfully developed a technology to make a new functional ferroelectric material that could prove to be very usef... Read More

Feb 02, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

New Carbon Material, Saving the Troubled Graphene Transistor

Prof. Baek has been selected for the MSIP's Leader Research Support Project

Receiving funding of 6.7 million USD for the next 9 years

Prof. Jong-Beom Baek (Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy/Advanced Materials & Devices), posing in the lab at UNIST.

In recent years, considerable scientific interest has been devoted to studies of the low dimensional carbon materials, including graphene. Despite being so thin, graphene is an excellent thermal conductor with high electron mobility and low... Read More

Jan 21, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

UNIST to Engineer Green Cement to Rein in Carbon Emissions

Developing technology for cement-free building construction

Dong-ho Jeon (left) and his advisor, Prof. Jae Eun Oh (right), posing in the lab at UNIST.

Concrete has been the single most widely used in all types of construction due to its versatility and ready availability. One primary ingredient in concrete is Portland cement, which is used to bind the materials that make up concrete. Whil... Read More

Jan 19, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

Scientists, Discovering the Secrets of Nanoworld

Capturing the first experimental evidence of chaos effect in spintronics research

Artistic view of magnetic transmission X-ray microscopy of arrays of microdisks.

A team of researchers, led by Prof. Ki-Suk Lee (School of Material Science and Engineering) has captured the first experimental evidence of chaos effect in spintronics research. This study also demonstrated an approach to control the nano-s... Read More

Jan 09, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

New Director for IBS Research Center at UNIST

Dr. Kyungjae Myung, selected to head the Center for Genomic Integrity (CGI) at the UNIST campus

Dr. Kyungjae Myung (School of Life Sciences), the new director for the Center for Genomic Integrity (CGI)

In recent years, UNIST has hosted three IBS campus research centers, led by world-class scientists, thereby capturing the attention of scientists worldwide with its potential to become one of the world’s top 10 science and technology univer... Read More

Jan 02, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

Engineering New Fuel Cell, Using Natural Gas

“With this new material, the manufacturing cost of fuel cells could be cut by 500 billion won.”

The UNIST research team, led by Prof. Gun Tae Kim (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering) are posing for a group photo in his laboratory.

SOFCs are considered as one of the most energy-efficient and environmentally frieldly energy conversion devices, but they also have a number of disadvantages, regarding their longevity and performance level. To solve these problems that ene... Read More

Jan 01, 2015 By JooHyeon Heo Research

Development of an Effective, Safe, and Long-term Immunosuppressant

"This discovery will provide a fast and inexpensive method for identifying small molecules that bind to specific proteins.”

Prof. Park (School of Life Sciences) posing in his lab at UNIST

The immune system is a balance network of cells and organs that work together to defend your body against attacks by diseases. However, it can also be a contributing factor that causes people to develop an autoimmune condition where your bo... Read More

Nov 15, 2014 By JooHyeon Heo Research