Just like aircraft carrier which launches air fighters to attack a target, the nano machine which can penetrate deeply into our body and release anti-cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells has been developed, anticipated as a new strategy for nano particle cancer treatments.Professor Kim Won-jong (CE) and Lee Jin-woo (CE) developed a nano structure that can deeply penetrate cancer tissues. Large size-nano particle (150nm) containing small size-nano particle (15nm) can release anti-cancer drugs twice to target periphery and interior cancer tissues. It is suggested as the new paradigm of medical t

On April 16, 2014, Motor Vessel (MV) Sewol heading from Incheon to Jeju Island sank near Jindo, incurring heavy casualties, especially young students from Danwon High School. Many associations, media and people grieved over the loss and went for the ascertainment of truth behind the disaster. With much details exempted, it was revealed that the crisis was insufficiently handled by the captain and crews on the board, and the government’s response was late and clumsy. The MV Sewol disaster became a symbolic event to be constantly remembered and reflected on. This year, South Korea greets 4th ann

Internet live steaming refers to the real-time delivery of various contents on live steaming platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, and Afreeca TV. Managed by individuals or groups, live streaming has constantly expanded its market since early 2000’s. In 2016, the domestic market size of internet live streaming reached 300 billion KRW. There are a significant number of Broadcasting Jackies (BJ), the individual runner of their own live streaming, who already have over a million fixed viewers. According to Korea Press Foundation’s 2016 statistics, about 25% of teenagers in their age of 10’s watch li

Heo Jin-gyu, the CEO of Iljin received an honorary doctorate degree from POSTECH. POSTECH nominated Chairman Heo as the honorary doctorate with Materials Science and Engineering degree, and the degree was granted at the graduation ceremony on Feb. 9.Chairman Heo graduated Seoul National University with the degree of metal engineering. In 1968, he started business venture from scratch, founding Iljin Metal Industrial Corporation to change Korea which was relying on imports even for small mechanical components. Researching on copper covered steel for the first time in Korea in 1976, Chairman Heo

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced a policy promising better treatment and working environment of nurses to solve chronic shortage of manpower. However, the practicality of the policy is left controversial. In case of medical personnel, the manpower is supplied through medical university entrance, so it is difficult to drastically raise manpower supply at once.According to the The Ministry of Health and Welfare, the entrance quota of College of Nursing has increased by 68.4% since 2008 and additional entrance by transfer from other colleges, but it is not sufficient to catch up the d

On Feb. 9, POSTECH holds its Commencement Ceremony for the 2017 academic year. POSTECH graduates, and their guests will be at the POSTECH Gymnasium, starting from 10:40 A.M. This year, a total of 776 students will have earned a degree, including 325 B.S., 195 M.S., and 256 Ph.D. students. The ceremony starts with the procession of academic graduates, in the order of flag bearers; students with the degree of Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. After the allegiance and national anthem; a report on academic affairs by the president of academic affairs, commencement addresses of President Kim Doh-yeon and the c

Professor Min Seung-ki (SEE) has been nominated to the editorial staff of Journal of Climate published by the American Meteorological Society. Considered a classic in the field of meteorology, it is the first time for the Journal of Climate to appoint a Korean since its establishment in 1988. Prof. Min received his Ph.D. at the University of Bonn and has researched at the National Laboratory of Canada and Australia consecutively. Since his appointment by POSTECH in 2013, he has made excellent research progress in the areas of climate change and extreme climate. Meanwhile, his term on the edito

When a tooth fails to function, due to a cavity, accident, or aging, an implant is considered as the final method. Although implants are widely executedtooth, it requires re-operation if the initial Osseo-integration is not completed within time. A POSTECH research team has exploited the constituents from mussels and a diatom to coat and manipulate the roughness of the surface of an implant and promote the implant to settle in quickly between ulitis.Professor Cha Hyung-joon (CE) and Doctor Jo Yoon-ki engaged in a collaborative research project with Professor Kim Chang-seop’s research team from

▲ Message of encouragement for Handong University posted on POSTECH campus electronic board As a show of support for Handong University, which suffered heavily from a series of earthquakes last month, POSTECH made a donation of 33 million KRW on Dec. 16; donations that had been gathered by students and staff in-campus. POSTECH posted banners to support Handong University and proceeded with the ‘donation campaign for Handong University’ for ten days, from Dec. 21 to the 30th . In addition, POSTECH allowed free access of the library for Handong University students until their school’s library, w

The 3rd Global Youth Startup Entrepreneurship Forum (GYSIF 2017) was held by the Ministry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Startups on Dec. 8 at Yeungnam University Chunma Arts Center, supervised by POSTECH and Yeungnam University Entrepreneurship Center.The forum was held to assist communication for constructing entrepreneurship and alleviate youth unemployment. During the forum, about ten booths were prepared for introducing startup enterprises by alumni and various programs for startups and employment. The participants were able to discuss and learn about startups and counsel for i

▲ Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred on Nov.15, incurring serious damange to infrastructure and buildingsAn earthquake of magnitude 5.4 and its consecutive aftershocks have struck Pohang, near Heunghae-eup from Nov. 15 to the following week. According to the officials, no deaths have been reported since the earthquake rattled the southeastern coastal region. However, the series of earthquakes have brought about 1536 homeless and 57 injured citizens. The country’s second strongest earthquake on record since 1978 also left cracks and damage in walls at 110 elementary schools and 106 middle and

Professor Park Chan-gyung (MSE) was awarded the ‘2017 Honorable Domin Prize in Science and Technology’ on Oct. 23. Since appointed as one of the founding Professors of POSTECH in 1986, he is currently the chair-professor of The Material and Science Engineering Department and the president of the National Institute of Nanomaterial Technology. Also, he successively served as the president of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity, the Korean Society of Microscopy, and the Korean Infrastructure Organization for Nanotechnology, solidifying his academic credenetials around the world. Prof.

▲ Graphene based vertical form of superconductor paringWhen a thin layer of conductor is placed between superconductors, supercurrent with no resistance flows between them. Such phenomenon, as according to Jospehson superconductor effect, had been brought into manufacture by complicated process of rendering evaporation of superconductors on conductors through multiple stages of evaporation. In this research, superconductor pairing with strong coherence characteristic has been materialized by simply decaling NbSe2 superconducting material on single layer of graphene in nanoscale.Professor Lee H

For Ministry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Startups which was newly established on Jul. 26, President Moon Jae-in and Cheongwadae appointed Professor Park Sung-jin (ME) as the first minister. However, unexpected controversies were aroused, firstly because of the fact that he worked as the chairman of the association of Creation Research. Prof. Park was criticized for believing in such ‘pseudoscience’ while being a professor, receiving much objection from scientific circles. Another controversy came from his historical view of New Right. His research papers comment on ‘founde

President Kim Doh-Yeon is in body wearing the 2017 POSTECH-KAIST Science War supporters T-shirts on stage during the eve festival.

Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) is a global lecture meeting event held by an American nonprofit organization. TED invites authoritative experts from various areas and lets them deliver special lectures of any topic. The lectures are recorded and posted on YouTube, with subtitles of more than 100 languages, accessible by anyone for free, as according to its moto of ‘ideas worth spreading’. Although Korea does not have license from TED, it can host TEDx, which is a similar lecture meeting event independently organized with official license from TED. However, there are many complicated pr

▲ List of universities ranking for scholarship outside the campus ▲ List of universities ranking for scholarship inside the campusPOSTECH has been assigned as the top ranking university for its scholarship outside the campus. During last year, POSTECH provided about four hundred million KRW, which was 280,000 KRW per student, for 1,427 graduates/undergraduates in total. Although the scholarship outside the campus of 280,000 KRW per student is comparatively lower than Seoul National University (830,000 KRW), Korea University (330,000 KRW), Yonsei University (310,000 KRW), POSTECH turned out to

Professor Lee Jin-woo (CE) has accomplished transforming slag waste into porous silicon which is receiving attention recently as a high value pro-duct, using scores of simple processes. This silicon not only has four times capacity of graphite electrodes, but also has better durability than existing silicon materials. While other components except silicon oxides are easily extracted from slag, the magnesium reduction process is executed along with this removal process, and porous silicon, having a large surface area of several hundred meters squared per gram can be produced. Prof. Lee said “de

On Aug. 31, 2017 Future Maker Festival was held at POSTECH, near the school gymnasium and Posplex. The festival was sponsored by Samsung Electronics and the Gyeongsangbukdo Pohang Office of Education. Future Maker Festival is a career exploration festival held by Samsung Electronics, since 2013. More than 2000 middle school students and teachers visited this festival, from eight different middle schools in Pohang.The first act is called Future Ground, in which students visit various career exploration booths opened during the festival to experience careers and earn useful lessons. The Career e