On May 4, KAIST and Seoul National University (SNU) became the two newest members of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). As one of the first Korean universities to hold membership, KAIST has proven itself as a frontrunner in space-related research in the country, and expects more col

As elementary, middle, and high schools began to sequentially resume face-to-face school classes starting from May 20, KAIST Global Institute for Talented Education (GIFTED) responded by providing special online relay lectures on the topic of virus and infectious diseases due to increasing concerns

A research team led by Professor Jeongku Kang of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering developed an energy storage material for Li-O2 batteries that control electrocatalysts and stabilize the movements of reactants at an atomic level. This new technology can produce energy densities ten

A research team led by Professor Hyun Myung from the School of Electrical Engineering has developed a drilling biomimetic robot called the “Mole-bot”. Measuring 26 centimeters wide and 84 centimeters long and weighing 26 kilograms, Mole-bot can excavate three times faster than conventional models, a

Professor Kwang-Soo Kim, the director of the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean Hospital, and the McLean-Massachusetts General Hospital team have provided the world’s first successful case of treating a patient with Parkinson’s disease (PD) by reprogramming the patient’s own skin cells into

A group of researchers led by Professor Jihun Oh from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have presented three new approaches for modulating local carbon dioxide concentration in gas-diffusion electrode (GDE) based flow electrolyzers. Their study showed that moderate local CO2 concen

In a letter to KAIST students on May 30, KAIST Provost and Executive Vice President Kwang Hyung Lee announced new guidelines for the final examination and the upcoming summer semester. A few courses will conduct offline exams, but the majority must remain online. While June 29 marks the first day of

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer semester dormitory application will be conducted differently from usual. Students already staying in dormitories during the spring semester — international students who arrived in Korea before March 25, and Korean students who have received permission to stay

A research team led by Professor Sung-Hee Lee from the Graduate School of Culture Technology developed a novel neural-network-based framework for constructing a latent motion manifold that can represent a wide range of human motions in a long sequence. The team introduced several new components that

A research team led by Professor Juho Kim from the School of Computing has developed a system called SolutionChat that provides real-time moderator support during online chat discussions. The study was published in Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.As a res

A research team led by Professor DongSoo Han of School of Computing has developed a new software that assists prompt and efficient public health surveillance without the risk of privacy concerns, called “Prevention System for the Pandemic Disease Infection (PreSPI).” This software utilizes the “smar

A group of researchers in the Department of Biological Sciences led by Professor Seung-Hee Lee have confirmed that somatostatin (SST), a neuropeptide molecule, can enhance visual processing and cognitive faculties. This is a result of its ability to reduce certain excitatory inputs in the cortex.The

Professor Sungjae Cho, from the Department of Physics, and his research team has successfully developed a new type of transistor, Black Phosphorus Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (BP TFET), with a power consumption ten times lower and operation speed two times faster than that of the traditional Meta

Earlier this year, students who had to do self-quarantine upon returning to KAIST were relocated to Hwaam dormitory. However, following the government policy that foreigners without a permanent residence in Korea must stay in government-provided facilities, KAIST stopped the operation of Hwaam dormi

With no clear end in sight to the COVID-19 crisis, the once-bustling streets of Eoeun-dong have largely been deserted during the prolonged online semester. As economic hardships loom over the small restaurant owners of Eoeun-dong, a group of KAIST students organized a prepayment system named “KAIST-

A research team led by Professor Mi Hee Lim from the Department of Chemistry announced that they have devised new simple principles for designing molecules that react against pathogenic factors in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published on April 1, was featured

A team of researchers from the Department of Physics has described a new method of generating, detecting, and manipulating spin currents in multi-layered graphene structures. Spin currents are a phenomenon that arise as a consequence of the spin of electrons. They are of central importance in the fi

On May 4, Professor Sukyung Park from the Department of Mechanical Engineering was appointed as the Science and Technology Adviser to the South Korean President, Moon Jae-in. In addition to being the first female professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Professor Park is now the younge

A research team led by Professor Seungbum Hong from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has succeeded in developing an imaging technique for identifying the distribution of components in battery electrodes using atomic force microscopy. This technology is expected to facilitate the d

On May 18, KAIST established a “Charter of Respect and Loyalty between Professors and Students” that states measures to improve the working conditions of graduate students and build trust between professors and students.KAIST President Sung-Chul Shin and HyeJeong Han, President of the KAIST Graduate