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Kim Yang Hann Receives The 2015 Rossing Prize

Professor Kim Yang Hann from KAIST is the first recipient of the Rossing Prize in Acoustics Education to come from a non-English speaking nation.

Physicists Solve Quantum Tunneling Mystery

Supercomputer calculations have provided attosecond-scale calibrations that can serve as a good reference point for future experiments on protein folding or electronics.

MERS Claims Two Lives In South Korea

The current outbreak has been traced to an unnamed 68 year-old man who returned to Korea from a business trip to the Middle East.

7 Must-Read Stories In May 2015

From classical music to educational achievements, there are the top stories that captured your attention in May.

Why Asian Students Excel At Maths And Science

What explains the stellar performance of Asian students, even when they study in the US?

Gravity-Like Interactions At The Nanoscale

Highly sensitive measurements show that gravitational attraction also holds at the nanoscale, at least up to 0.04 to 4 nanometers.

Monitoring The Managers

SMU Assistant Professor Cho Young Jun examines the impact of financial accounting standards on how managers and firms act.

Random Walks Along The Intracellular Highway

Endosomal transport follows a Lévy walk pattern, the same pattern observed in animals foraging for food.

An All-Asian Top Five For OECD’s Education Rankings

Students from Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan have topped the OECD rankings for mathematics and science.