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KAIST-POSTECH Science War, also known as the Kapo-Jeon, is the annual competition between KAIST and POSTECH which was held on September 23 and 24 this year. The festival, which has a tradition of 19 years, promotes cultural exchange between students as well as a time to experience a sense of belongi
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2022.10.14 13:17
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On August 29, KAIST announced that LOTTE Group, South Korea’s fifth largest conglomerate, had donated 14 billion KRW to support research in sustainable development and design. The donation will be in the form of financial contributions toward building the “LOTTE-KAIST R&D Center'' and “LOTTE-KAIST D
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Suyoun Lee Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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From September 14 to December 7, KAIST will hold eight open lectures on the topic, “What is Future Art?” in an attempt to provide students with convergence education in liberal arts and human-centered open-minded thinking. Pioneers and scholars in arts, philosophy, humanities, science, and technolog
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Suyoun Lee Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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On September 2, Ahn Cheol-soo, a lawmaker of the People Power Party and a first-generation physician-scientist, visited the Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE) (E7) to deliver a special lecture. The event was jointly organized by the GSMSE and the BioMedical Research Center (B
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Kyu-Ri Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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A co-research group under Professor Chan Hyuk Kim and Professor Won-Suk Chung from the Department of Biological Sciences announced on August 22 that they have developed a new type of protein-based treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The study, in which Dr. Hyuncheol Jung and PhD student Se Young Lee
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.09.25 22:43
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On September 7, a statement revealing alleged plans of the Student Representative Council (SRC) to impeach former President of Undergraduate Association Emergency Response Committee (UA) Hyun Huh received unwelcome attention on the online platform Everytime. The President of the Department of Chemis
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.09.25 22:43
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On September 1, KAIST announced the “KAIST Declaration for Diversity and Inclusion”. The declaration was hosted by the KAIST Social Inclusion Committee and Student & Minority Human Rights Committee and held in the Computer Science Department Building (E3-1). President Kwang Hyung Lee, Vice President
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.09.25 22:43
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An international effort to combat Huntington’s disease has led to the establishment of a new treatment approach that can convert the responsible protein from its diseased form back to its normal form to resume its function. This research program, supported by the EU and Korea’s National Research Fou
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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As the artificial intelligence (AI) industry continually develops, AI semiconductor development is expected to be among the most important sectors in technology in the near future. AI semiconductors refer to a class of semiconductors designed specifically to support artificial intelligence processin
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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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