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Research Highlight
FAROS: A Firefighting Scout Drone That Flies and Climbs Walls
KAIST researchers have developed a wall-climbing scout drone that can fight fires in high-rises, find the source of the fires, and locate people trapped inside....read more
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Computer Simulations Reveal Why Graphene Nanoplatelets Are Good for Solar Cells
A first-principles computational investigation sheds light on the atomistic origins of the excellent electrocatalytic activity of edge-selenated graphene nanoplatelets as dye-sensitized solar cell counter electrodes....read more
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A Depth-Enhanced Method in Deep Tissue Imaging of a Living Mouse
A new method called wavefront shaping optical coherence tomography (WS-OCT) enables in vivo deep tissue imaging of a mouse....read more
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Catalytic Conversion of CO2 Toward High Value Commodity Chemicals
A Saudi Aramco-KAIST CO2 Management Center project led by Professor Sang Woo Han (Chemistry, KAIST) develops efficient CO2 conversion catalysts to produce high value commodity chemicals....read more
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How CO2 Can Be Used to Reduce Global Warming
Recently, supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) cycle has been receiving attention as one of the future power cycle technologies because of its compact configuration and high thermal efficiency. Professor Jeong Ik Lee’s laboratory at KAIST has conducted research using the S-CO2 cycle as a bottoming cycle to a gas turbine to generate electricity with CO2 while using less water....read more
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Structure of Huntington’s Disease Protein Unveiled
Currently, Huntington's disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disease with no cure. In this research, the structure of proteins that causes Huntington's disease is revealed providing a structural framework to understand molecular basis of pathogenesis and to develop a means to cure the disease....read more
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CO2 and Water Used as Feedstocks for Hydrocarbon Fuels
A Saudi Aramco-KAIST CO2 Management Center project led by Professor Doh Chang Lee (CBE, KAIST) designs photoelectrochemical cells in which carbon dioxide and water turn into value-added hydrocarbon fuels....read more
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Surfing the Brain with iWEBS
A new technique called iWEBS enables activity monitoring across the entire brain surface using an insertable wrapping electrode array...read more
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A New Epigenetic Player in Melanoma Tumor Progression and Metastasis
A new study reveals how JMJD3, a histone demethylase protein, promotes tumor by regulating methylation status of a specific target gene promoter locus....read more
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Discovery of Contracting Lacteal in Live Small Intestine
A new bio-imaging technique enables a real-time visualization of the live small intestine, leading to the discovery of lacteal contractility and its role for lipid drainage....read more
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