A new approach developed by a team of researchers, led by Prof. Jaephil Cho (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering) could hold the key to greatly improving the performance of commercial lithium-ion batteries. Prof. Cho and his research... Read More

Dr. Jaephil Cho, a professor of Energy and Chemical Engineering and Dean of Research Affairs at UNIST, was named one of the world’s most influential researchers in the 2016 List of Most Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Engineering... Read More

A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with UNIST is receiving the media spotlight as they have proposed a green material strategy for the development of smart battery separators beyond the current state-of-the-art counterparts. The findi... Read More

A new research, affiliated with UNIST has been highlighted on the inside front cover of the June issue of the prestigious journal “Chemical Communications”. The key finding of this study is the development of new synthetic metho... Read More

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Therefore, a fast and reliable diagnosis of heart attack is urgently needed. A new study, led by Prof. Jaesung Jang (School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering) has devel... Read More

UNIST has climbed up world reputation rankings, according to the Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars supplement, published in the July 28 edition of the journal Nature. The Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars supplement identifies the countries and i... Read More

Imagine one could make a train trip from Seoul to Busan in about 16 minutes. This may sound implausible, but a team of researchers at UNIST are developing core technologies to produce a new form of futuristic transportation to bring that dr... Read More

Immunotherapy has been seen as one of the greatest advances in cancer treatment, as it stimulates the body’s own immune system to detect and destroy cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells unscathed. A new study, led by Prof. Sebyun... Read More

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), despite being a most attractive candidate for such large-scale applications due to the worldwide abundance and low cost of Na resources, have several grievous flaws. Materials innovation in solid electrolytes is... Read More