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Flying The Flag For Wind Energy

Scientists have developed a way to harvest energy from the fluttering motion of a flag-like generator strapped to the roof of a car.

Working Too Long Is Bad For Your Heart

A study of over 8,000 Korean workers shows that working long hours can increase the risk of coronary heart disease.

Korean Engineer Wins Technology Innovation Award

KAIST's Professor Oh Ilkwon has been named this year's winner of the Energy Technology Innovation Award.

ADB Ranks Japan & Korea As Asia’s Most Innovative

Japan and Korea have come out tops in the new Creativity Productivity Index, which focuses on how countries turn creative inputs into innovative outputs.

Song Kiseok Named 2014 Marconi Society Young Scholar

Song Kiseok has been awarded the 2014 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award.

Single-Crystal Gold Nanowire Probes Reach Subcellular Dimensions

The single-crystal gold nanowire probe is 50 times smaller and 1,000 times more sensitive than existing nerve probe needles.

Strong Showing For Singapore & Hong Kong In 2014/2015 QS Rankings

Singapore and Hong Kong universities ranked highly in the 2014/2015 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, aided by strong internationalization performance.

Reporting Celebrity Suicides Could Motivate Copycats

Researchers have found that media coverage of a celebrity suicide could incite a large-scale copycat effect.

ToolGen & KAIST To Collaborate On Biofuel Gene Editing

KAIST partners gene editing company ToolGen to develop methods of increasing biofuel yield from microalgae.