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The QS World University Rankings by subject — an annual publication of world university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Limited — have been published for the year 2017 on March 8. The QS ranking is considered to be one of the most influential in the world, alongside the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Naturally, the
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Chan Ju Chong Junior Reporter
2017.03.29 22:53
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KAIST is to appoint a new president early next year, and the three candidates for the presidency have been shortlisted as of December 3. The final three candidates endorsed by the KAIST Professors Association (KPA) are, in alphabetical order, Professor Chong-Min Kyung and Professor Yong Hoon Lee of the School of Electrical Engineering, and Professor Sung-Chul Shin of the Department of Physics. Out
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:52
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Professor Yong - Hoon Cho’s research team from the Department of Physics has discovered a method of integrating semiconductor photonic nanocavities with a paper substrate, which provides the interconnections for electric circuits.Photonic nanocavities allow lasing actions on paper substrates, useful in creating more eco-friendly electronics, affordable electronic sensors, and medical diagnostic equipment. PhD student Sejeong Kim has been cited as the lead author for this research paper in the scientific journal Advanced Materials on November 17.
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Kum Seok Nam Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:51
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A co-op team of Professor Dong Ki Yoon and graduate student Yun Jeong Cha from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering designed an economic method of creating a periodic zigzag pattern of DNA material using a common makeup brush, launching a cost-effective, yet extensive approach for the field of optoelectronic research.
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Juhoon Lee Junior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:51
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Recently, wearable computers have gained popularity as they have allowed users to freely use computers in motion for various purposes, such as accessing smartphones and gaining information through embedded sensors. The Wearable Computer Contest is a competition where every team of sizes ranging from two to seven participants designs a wearable computer under at least one of the following three categories: “culture”, “education”, and “wellness”. The final winner of the contest is awarded 5 million KRW by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning.
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Kum Seok Nam Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:48
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New forms of media require new regulations to keep up with them in order for the law to continue protecting the public interest. However, keeping up with the pace of technological advancements makes things much more difficult. After centuries of monitoring the print press, the radio, the television, and the resources necessary to produce, distribute, and consume content through them, governments a
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:47
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Researchers from the California Institute of Technology’s Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) and Berkeley Lab’s Materials Project have made great advances in the energy industry by developing a process that expedites the discovery of solar fuels. Solar fuels are cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels and are therefore highly sought-after. The splitting of water molecules i
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Chan Ju Chong Junior Reporter
2017.03.29 22:44
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The term “political correctness” (PC) was created in the 1990s and referred to the use of language by the powerful to refuse the needs of the oppressed. Although this fad subsided due to threats of terrorism, the rise of new media outlets such as Facebook and YouTube, which allow users worldwide to respond rapidly to news on a public platform, has revived the craze in political correctness. With the advent of the internet allowing for communities to globalize, the fear of offending others is prohibiting people from saying what is on their mind. This implicit censorship is both reinforced by peer pressure and the internet community in the form of clickbait articles and fake news, inhibiting free speech by making it increasingly difficult to voice unpopular opinions.
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Kum Seok Nam Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:43
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A person with a weird machine on his head is shaking his head around, ducking his head from an invisible object, and blindly flailing his arm from something — but nothing is there. However, what the person is seeing is himself in an abandoned castle being attacked by dragons and gargoyles. Is he crazy? No; this is the magic of the gyroscopic sensors and display technology that is known more
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Kun-Woo Song Junior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:43
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People seek escape: through words, through pictures, through imagination. But as the world progresses with uncontrollable momentum, the escape to the unreal has become unbelievably real. Certainly the keywords of the last three years, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have embellished the front pages of tech magazines as the “next big thing” that promise its consumers an
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Juhoon Lee Junior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:42
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The newly built Haedong Lounge has recently been opened for student use at the Information and Electronics Building (E3), a building shared by the School of Electrical Engineering and the School of Computing. Located in the Semiconductor Building (E3-4), this new lounge offers a great environment to collaborate on challenging programming assignments for a wide variety of students and faculty at KAIST.
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Kum Seok Nam Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:40
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A cooperative research initiative between researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Japan, and Germany has discovered a method to mitigate the effects of fatigue in metals by drawing inspiration from the human bone structure. Metal fatigue in parts that undergo cyclic stress often incur extra costs and cause unforeseen failures in industries such as the spacecraft and aircr
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Chan Ju Chong Junior Reporter
2017.03.29 22:40
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Graphene, an allotrope of carbon, has always been acknowledged for its wide-ranging characteristics. Recently, the scientists of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) have established an engineering lab dedicated solely to the research of graphene and its versatility. The research aims to not only establish new theories on the nanomechanics of graphene and two-dimensional (2D) materials but also utilize
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Hyunwoo Shin Junior Staff
2017.03.29 22:38
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Professor Jihun Oh’s research team in the Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability (EEWS) has developed a new nanoporous gold thin film and silicon-based photoelectrode used in the photoelectrochemical (PEC) reduction of carbon dioxide. A recent global hot topic, PEC reduction decreases carbon dioxide levels in the air by transmuting carbon dioxide and water into fue
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Kun-Woo Song Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:37
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Granting any form of sovereignty must be done with a precaution of unwarranted exploitations. Freedom is a reciprocated trust between two parties, where the entity that grants it must relent the power unceasingly and where the receiver must not use it to the detriment of the society. Freedom of speech holds the same idea, and in the light of recent chaos on the emergence of so called ‘fake n
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Jae Hwan Jeong Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:37
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The Yang Bun Soon Building (E16-1), a new research facility under the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, has finished construction. In order to celebrate the completion of its construction, the Yang Bun Soon Building topping out ceremony was held on February 8. Since May 2015, the Yang Bun Soon Building underwent a construction period of one year and six months to result in a building consisting of six floors, one being underground.
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Kum Seok Nam Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:32
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Another professor has been added to the growing list of KAIST faculty members to win the Sangnam Business Research Award. Professor Minhi Hahn of the School of Management Engineering at the College of Business was presented as the 22nd winner in the history of the award on February 23 in Seoul. As the most prestigious recognition bestowed by the Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (
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Tae Soo Kim Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:32
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On November 22, the School of Computing signed an educationalindustrial cooperation agreement with Runtime Verification Inc. for the donation of Runtime Verification’s advanced software analysis tool to help foster the software development research and education at KAIST.
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Juhoon Lee Junior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:31
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The respected science and technology think-tank, the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), inaugurated a new branch to its organization, the Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST), on February 24. Among the 73 scientists chosen, 13 KAIST faculty were selected as inaugural members of Y-KAST.Internationally recognized and having hosted more than 30 Nobel Laureates among i
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Tae Soo Kim Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:30
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In the first week of February, six international scientists were awarded with the 2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships at the Delft Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Among them was Doctor Je-Kyung Ryu, a 2014 graduate of the Department of Physics at KAIST.The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships is a part of the Marie Skłodowska-Cur
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Kun-Woo Song Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:29