The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is a prestigious public research university located in Daejeon, South Korea. Established in 1971, KAIST was formed as the nation’s first research-oriented science and engineering institution, with the mission to foster elite human resources in science and technology needed by South Korea. Over the years, KAIST has been instrumental in driving the country’s innovation and economic growth, contributing significantly to South Korea’s rapid transformation into a high-tech industrial nation. The university is known for its cutting-edge research, particularly in robotics, information technology, biosciences, and engineering. It consistently ranks as one of the top universities in Asia and globally for science and technology.
A KAIST-led research team has successfully demonstrated the internal three-dimensional polarization distribution in ferroelectric nanoparticles, paving the way for advanced memory devices capable of storing…
Sodium (Na), being more than 500 times as abundant as lithium (Li), has recently attracted considerable interest for its potential use in sodium-ion battery technologies….
KAIST researchers have created a low-power, cost-efficient phase change memory device, setting a new standard in memory technology. A team of Korean researchers is making…
Bone regeneration is a complicated procedure, and the current approaches for facilitating this regeneration, such as grafts and the application of growth factors, encounter challenges…
Soft robots, medical devices, and wearable devices are now common in our daily routines. Researchers at KAIST have created a fluid switch that employs ionic…
SynapShot, developed by an international research team, marks a major advancement in neuroscience by enabling real-time, live observation of synaptic changes in the brain. The…
Defying conventional wisdom, scientists have discovered a novel coupling mechanism involving leaky mode, previously considered unsuitable for high-density integration in photonic circuits. This surprising discovery…
Engineers have made a significant breakthrough in thermal management of semiconductors by discovering a new heat transfer mode using surface plasmon polaritons (SPP). This novel…
The new drug circumvents the neurotoxic inflammatory side effects that occur with conventional treatments. Aduhelm, a monoclonal antibody that targets amyloid beta (A), recently became the…
A new laser that generates quantum particles can recycle lost energy for highly efficient, low threshold laser applications. Scientists at KAIST have fabricated a laser…
The first images of mid-infrared optical waves compressed 1,000 times captured using a highly sensitive scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope. KAIST researchers and their collaborators…
New technology to overcome the life limit of next-generation water-cell batteries. A research team led by Professor Hee-Tak Kim from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has…
KAIST mathematicians and their collaborators at Florida State University have identified the principle of how aging and diseases like dementia and obesity cause sleep disorders….
Turning off a newly identified enzyme could reverse a natural aging process in cells. Research findings by a KAIST team provide insight into the complex…
Airway cell analyses showing an activated immune axis could pinpoint the COVID-19 patients who will most benefit from targeted therapies. KAIST researchers have identified key…
Formation of liquid crystals consisting of several layers that are the thickness of a hair strand. Functional particles created by phase separation between hydrophilic and…
Uniform nanometer-thick MXene* films can be used as electromagnetic shields in flexible electronics and 5G telecommunication devices. A Korean research team has developed a technology…
Ultrathin but fully packaged high-resolution camera. The unique structures of biological vision systems in nature inspired scientists to design ultra-compact imaging systems. A research group…