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The committee for educational curriculum announced on November 28 that the fifth 2014 educational curriculum was to put in effect immediately. This was the fifth time the committee decided to change to the curriculum – a change that is expected to last until the end of this semester. The undergraduate departments that are undergoing changes in their syllabus are the Department of Chemistry,
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Jung Wook Choi Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:10
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Students studying at Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) schools in Korea, including KAIST, will now be able to enlist in courses at other partner universities. Administration leaders from the STEM schools including KAIST, GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology), DIST(Daegu Institute of Science and Technology), UNIST(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
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Jung Wook Choi Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:10
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On November 25, KAIST held the Smilegate Membership (SGM) Program launching ceremony at the Educational Support Building (W8). Around 30 people, including the KAIST students selected for the SGM program, Dong Ki Yang, CEO of Smilegate Entertainment, and Joongmyeon Bae, Dean of the Office of University – Industry Cooperation (OUIC), attended the ceremony.Founded in 2002, Smilegate is a Korean
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:09
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Professor Yeon Sik Jung from the KAIST Department of Materials Science and Engineering and his research team have developed a high-resolution nanotransfer printing technology. With the newly developed technology, a long document such as the Tripitaka Koreana (Palman Daejanggyeong), whose pages would cover an entire football field, can be printed on a single piece of A4 paper. The research was publ
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:09
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Professor Hak-Sung Kim and Yiseul Ryu, a Ph.D. student, both from the KAIST Department of Biological Sciences have developed a new method of constructing magnetic nanoparticle clusters (NPCs) using DNA-binding zinc finger (ZnF) proteins. The research was published on the online edition of Angewandte Chemie International Edition.NPCs are clusters of nanoparticles such as magnetic nanoparticles, gol
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:08
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At the 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), which will be held at San Francisco from February 22 to 26, 2015, KAIST will present 13 papers – the most papers out of all the participating institutes and companies. Samsung Electronics comes second with nine papers, while Intel and Interuniversity Microelectronics Cen
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:07
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KAIST president Sung Mo Kang has been appointed as the Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Electronics. He will serve the position for two years until September 2016.Founded in 1971, the World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international institution established to improve the world’s general well-being through active cooperation between private and public organiz
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:07
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On November 26, KAIST announced that a non-profit project team called GoGeeks would run the “Surprise Bus” program starting from December 12. “Surprise Bus” is a surprise voluntary service bus program that does not inform the volunteer passengers of the destination and the kind of volunteering service they will be engaged in.The program benchmarked the “Do Good Bus” program in the U.S., which keep
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:06
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A mop developed by a group of KAIST students has won 1st place prize for the People’s Choice Award during the Student Innovation Contest, which was one of the programs of the 27th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST).The contestants have to incorporate state-of-the-art hardware provided by the organizers into interaction devices. F
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:06
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On November 28, Department of Environmental Science Professor Ki Taek Lee of Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) announced that with using fossil fuels, anthropogenic nitrogen caused by human activity in industries is being rapidly spread over the Pacific Ocean. The research team, from its results of nitrate concentration detailed investigation, found out that with the developmen
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Jung Wook Choi Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:03
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Although plastics are versatile, lightweight and economically viable material with invaluable industrial applications, they are unable to transfer heat efficiently. In response to plastic’s such weakness, Material Science and Engineering Professors Kevin Pipe and Jinsang Kim from the University of Michigan have amalgamated short strands of polyacryloyl piperidine (PAP) with polymer chains of polya
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Young Jip Kim Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:02
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Doctor Daniela Salvemini, and her team from Saint Louis University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a way to quell pain in animal models of chronic neuropathic pain. Testing on rodents has shown that the activation of the A3 Adenosine Receptor (A3AR) in the brain and spinal cord through a synthetic drug can successfully neutralize chronic nerve pain. This technique of pai
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Young Jip Kim Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:01
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The state of Georgia in the US is starting a public health program called “Talk With Me Baby”, the latest initiative aiming to provide “language nutrition” to infants in the US. Early language exposure is conducive to a number of cognitive skills, including attention, memory and emotional development. For instance, bilingual children (who generally have had earlier language
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So Jung Kim Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:00
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Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an innovative method to treat two major eye diseases, glaucoma and corneal neovascularization, by using micro-needles that range from 400 to 700 microns. These micro-needles allow targeted treatment that can lead to a more efficient treatment and lower risk of side effects. Before, the only way to treat ocular diseases was through apply
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Jeong Yeon Kim Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 03:58
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A research group from Professor Bumki Min’s lab in the KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering has succeeded in controlling broadband light polarization in the microwave region using 3D metamaterials. The technology is expected to lead to the development of a wide array of broadband optical systems and applications.In optical experiments, the polarization of light can greatly affect the r
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Dongsung Park Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 03:53
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The Ebola is spreading around the world, recently having infected U.S. citizens. As of the moment, Korea is free from Ebola, but its citizens are not relieved and are keeping a close eye on what the government is doing to protect them from Ebola. The earliest case of Ebola scare began with an event organized by Duksung Women’s University (DWU) and United Nations Women, which took place at Lo
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 20:39
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The international community is putting its best effort to deliver a rapid and effective response to help the countries and the people infected by Ebola, as the virus has already claimed more than 4,000 lives in West Africa.So far Cuba, United Kingdom (UK), United States (U.S.), and China have made significant contributions by sending large numbers of soldiers or medics.Cuba leads the way in medica
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 20:36
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With the Ebola death toll rising to almost 5,000 in West Africa, the virus continues to be a pressing health issue, but what some may overlook are its devastating economic effects on the West African countries. Having to deal with the difficulties of increasing costs of Ebola combat and drop in investor confidence, just to name a few, these countries are seeing their already-beleaguered economies
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Chonghyuk Song Assistant Editor
2015.06.03 20:34
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The VirusThe ongoing Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, with a 70% fatality rate and an estimated sum of 13,000 deaths, has raised grim attention worldwide and has called for immediate public and government response. This section will attempt to unravel the identity of this virus and any available cure for this deadly disease.The Ebola virus causes fatal hemorrhagic fever whereby victims bleed i
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Shin Hum Cho Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 20:31
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On October 28, the KAIST Cho Chun Shik Graduate School for Green Transportation (GSGT) and the Petersburg State Transport University (PSTU) in Russia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the PSTU campus, agreeing to strengthen their collaboration in research and the academic exchange in the field of green transportation.According to the agreement, the two institutions will collaborate in
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Chonghyuk Song Assistant Editor
2015.06.03 20:23