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On September 16 and 17, KAIST held the KAIST Art & Music Festival (KAMF) under the name, “KAMF: Again”. First started in 2012, the theme of KAMF revolves around enjoying the performances of rock bands and indie artists. This year’s KAMF was the first to be held since 2019 due to the prevalence of CO
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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On August 8, June Huh, professor of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, gave a lecture at the KAIST Auditorium (E15). Professor Huh was awarded the 2022 Fields Medal on July 5 — a prize awarded to two to four distinguished mathematicians by the International Mathematical Union (IM
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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A research team led by Professor Chan Beum Park of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering announced on May 16 that they have succeeded in developing magnetoelectric nanomaterials for the dissociation of highly stable amyloid beta (Aβ) aggregates under a low-frequency magnetic field. The
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Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:20
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A research team led by Professor Jae-Byum Chang of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor Young-Gyu Yoon of the School of Electrical Engineering announced on May 23 that it has developed a technology that allows ultra-multiplexed fluorescence imaging, named “PICASSO”. Biom
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Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:20
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On May 24, KAIST and DPLANEX held the opening ceremony of the Kyobo-DPLANEX-KAIST (KDK) A.I. Center for Future of Insurance at the Daejeon IT Convergence Building. The KDK A.I. Center is an industry-academia research collaboration center that aims to pioneer innovative AI-based technologies in the r
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Fuad Samadov Junior Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:20
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The long-awaited 2022 Taewool Seoklim Festival was held for three days from May 16 to May 18. The event was organized and promoted by IMGEFFECT, the KAIST Festival Preparation Committee. Due to the persistent spread of COVID-19 in Daejeon, IMGEFFECT withdrew from the annual custom of holding various
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ChaeYeon Ryu Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:20
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Each flower emits a distinct profile of scents to attract pollinators or protect themselves from herbivore and pathogen attacks. Floral scents constitute a complex blend of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) synthesized in the cytoplasm of petals and released at specific time periods. As of now, ther
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ChaeYeon Ryu Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:20
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On May 9, KAIST announced that an anonymous philanthropist in their 50’s donated three buildings worth a total of 30 billion KRW to KAIST. The donor hesitated to attend donation agreement events and meetings with school officials in order to maintain their anonymity. During essential meetings, they
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.06.14 00:19
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On May 6, KAIST announced five winning works of the “Crazy Day Idea Contest”. The contest was held from March 14 to April 8 to discover challenges for the KAIST community to solve that embodies experimental and innovative spirits, such as a “Crazy, Creative, Challenge, and Caring” (4Cs) attitude. A
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.06.14 00:19
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On May 13, visiting distinguished professor Sumi Jo held a special lecture, “Drawing”, which aimed to share her story of becoming a world-recognized soprano. In the special lecture, which was held in the Auditorium (E15), Professor Jo talked about the difficulties she faced, her mindset that led her
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:19
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A research team led by Professor Yong-Hyun Kim from the Department of Physics found the governing principle of triboelectric charging — friction-driven electron transfer between materials. Though triboelectric charging is commonly seen in daily life, such as in the generation of static electricity t
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:19
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On April 27, a co-research group consisting of Professor Byong-Guk Park from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor Kyung-Jin Lee from the Department of Physics announced that their team has developed a new spin-based technology that can dramatically reduce energy consumpt
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.05.23 21:56
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Professor Myoungsoo Jung and his team from the Department of Electrical Engineering have introduced hardware and software systems that utilize non-volatile memory. This particular type of memory is much more resistant to power failures than their more common and volatile counterparts like DRAM, as n
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Jun Seong Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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On May 4, KAIST hosted “Town Hall Meeting: The Next Fifty Years of KAIST” in Jung Geun Mo Conference Hall (E9) and streamed it simultaneously on YouTube. The Town Hall Meeting lasted for three hours from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and was composed of two sessions: a Q&A session with President Kwang Hyung Lee,
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.05.23 21:56
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Metamaterials are a class of materials that interact with energy and light in ways not found in nature. To fully harness the functionalities of metamaterials, multiple stacks of material are typically required, which comes with challenges in fabrication. Thus, metasurfaces, thin 2D structures create
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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In accordance with the government’s changing COVID guidelines, KAIST has announced several adjustments to its COVID policy. School and government policies have been accommodating the gradual decrease in Korea’s COVID cases since mid-March.The South Korean government announced the end of social dista
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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On April 22, NAVER announced the establishment of the “KAIST-NAVER Hypercreative AI Center” in its new office building “1784” in Seongnam-si of Gyeonggi Province. The center was built based on an agreement made last May that pledged three years of joint research and technological development centere
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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Professor Ji-Joon Song and his team of researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences determined the 3D structure of somatostatin and its receptor, somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2). In an interview with the KAIST Herald, Professor Song kindly explained his research.Somatostatin is a hormone t
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Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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On April 11, KAIST announced that its third rocket launch attempt on March 24 had been successfully completed. This launch was held in Jeju Island in cooperation with the rocket startup Perigee Aerospace as part of a project known as Blue Whale 0.1 (BW-0.1)The startup was founded by Yoon Shin, a stu
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Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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On April 29, President Yoon Suk-Yeol held a gathering with eight KAIST graduate students, Mechanical Engineering Professor Kyoungchul Kong, and President Kwang Hyung Lee at the lobby of the National NanoFab Center. Graduate students majoring in diverse branches of science and technology were provide
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ChaeYeon Ryu Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56