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Discover a gene that is responsible for intellectual disability in Down syndrome

“Providing a potential way to treat intellectual disability in Down syndrome”

Professor Kyung-Tai Min’s team at UNIST, Korea discovered that restoring a gene altered in Down syndrome called the Down syndrome critical region 1 (DSCR1) rescued adult neurogenesis and learning and memory defects in a Down syndrome mouse... Read More

New Study Gives Explanation for How to Enlarge 2D Materials as Single Crystals

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding has been appeared in Nature on May 23, 2019.

What makes something a crystal? A transparent and glittery gemstone? Not necessarily in the microscopic world. When all of its atoms are arranged in accordance with specific mathematical rules, we call the material a single crystal. Like th... Read More

May 25, 2019 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

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

May 17, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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

May 09, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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

May 02, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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

Apr 26, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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

Apr 25, 2019 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

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

Apr 22, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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

Apr 19, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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

Apr 14, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research