Nitrogen monoxide is a double-edged sword. Just enough of it will prevent blood pressure elevation and occluded artery, but once too much of it is accumulated, it causes inflammatory diseases such as lupus, Crohn disease, and rheumatism.Professor Kim Won-jong (CHEM) at POSTECH and his research team has created a Nano-sized hydrogel that effectively captures nitrogen monoxide inside a body utilizing a cross linking agent that reacts to nitrogen monoxide. Prof. Kim’s team has been focusing on rheumatoid arthritis, which is occurs because of an excessive formation of nitrogen monoxide inside the

The research team led by professor Lee In-su (CHEM) developed a thermally stable eccentric metal-silica core-shell nanoparticles synthesis method that can control core positions of nanoparticles without having to change the size of the particles.Hybrid nanoparticles synthesized with metal can be utilized in various fields such as manufacturing drugs that can treat incurable diseases or catalysts that control reaction turning carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. Among them, metal-silica core-shell nanoparticles, having various configurations, contains huge availability. Synthesizing core-shell st

Professor Cho Dong-woo (ME) and professor Jang Jin-ah(CiTE) succeeded in producing 3D printed artificial retina with bioinks of decellularized retina tissue and stem cells. The artificial retina is biocompatible and transparent. This research was published in recent Biofabrication.Retina protects pupil from external environment. It should be transparent because it is the first one to accept the light. Retina should be elastic due to light refraction at the same time. However, artificial retina was hard to make transparent and biocompatible for its complicated fabricating process. In studies of

On May 17, POSTECH’s Research and Business Development Foundation held Excessively Attractive Technology Start-up Competition. Ten teams were selected for the Camp held on May 3 to 4 were: Mutton, Aikon, Memorizer, Hofbräu, Blessyou, Lampas, JUMUNI, Qrio, Scribblers, and Durian. All participating teams were given benefits such as mentoring from an expert, connections with venture capitalists, and priority in participating in start-up education programs.At the competition, each team was given five minutes to explain its business idea and another five minutes for a Q&A session with a panel of ju

From the Fall semester, 2019, the privilege of single room usage will be provided to female graduate students and male undergraduate students, a privelage which is currently prescribed to male graduates only. There was a notice ‘Expansion management of single room Dormitory’ explaining that the number of single rooms will be increased from next semester, due to the ‘increasing preference for single rooms due to changes in lifestyles, including privacy protection for Dormitory, and a desire of single rooms for graduate students (female) and undergraduates.’ The fee policy for single rooms will

“When the people ask, the government will answer.” The current government implemented the Blue House’s petition board to follow this philosophy. It is a line of communication between the Blue House and Korean citizens, with the Blue House responding when participation for a petition has garnered the support of at least 200,000 people. The petition board is once again making headlines on websites, this time over calls for the dissolution of political parties. A petition filed on April 22 requesting the dissolution of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party had garnered more than 200,000 signatu

Fuel cells, receiving spotlight as eco-friendly future energy, has its limits in durability and efficiency. Improving thermal stability and catalytic properties of electrode material of fuel cells to overcome these problems has been regarded as a key mission in commercializing fuel cells.A Research team led by Professor Jang Hyun-myung (MSE) and Han hyun (MSE, Ph.D. candidate) developed a technology that uses the lattice transformation of thin-films to facilitate the exsolution of nanocatalytic particles, which represent outstanding thermal stability. The study was published in the Nature Comm

The research team led by Prof. Han Jeong-woo (CE) and Kim Hyung-jun (CE Ph.D.) developed a high-efficiency catalyst that can reduce emissions at low temperatures. The research was selected and published as ChemCatChem’s cover and VIP thesis, a world-renowned authority in catalyst science.Through the computational chemistry that deals with the problem of theoretical chemistry through computer simulation, the research team derived the dopant combination and presented it directly to researchers in the same lab, dramatically reduced the time and cost for designing an efficient catalyst.To oxidize

The research team of Prof. Park Moon-jeong (CHEM), Dr. Dipankar Barpuzary, and Kim Kyoung-wook (CHEM, Ph.D. Candidate) succeeded in achieving two-dimensional growth of large-area conjugated polymers with high conductivity on ice surfaces in just 8 minutes.PEDOT:PSS is a type of conducting polymer that is widely used in displays or solar cells. However, for commercial use, it was necessary to find a way to increase surface area and conductivity while reducing synthesis time. The research team came up with a solution to these problems by synthesizing the polymers on ice surfaces.When monomers ar

On May 7 to 9, election for the 2nd Student Union of Mueunjae Undergraduate was held. The election was the first online election to be hold in POSTECH. With POSTECH being the first ever Blockchain Campus, all the votes were to be from online and no offline polling booths were placed. Students voted through a blockchain-based app, ‘Blockchain Voting’.The original candidate registration deadline of April 24 was pushed back by one week, due to the lack of applicants. As a result, the whole election schedule was postponed by one week. Also because of the low turnout, the voting period was extended

The remodeling of the Mueunjae Memorial Hall first floor lobby took place since the beginning of March and recently finished on April 30. To the relatively vacant hall of the past, the school added study rooms, lounges, movable desks and chairs, cloud printers and PC, water purifiers, student board, meeting room, vendor machines, and etc., significantly enhancing student comfortability and spatial efficiency.The Mueunjae Office indicated that, as an increasing number of students spend significant time at the Muenjae Hall, a facility that can be used for such relaxation became necessary. To ful

The face of the convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon was revealed on a TV program amid growing concerns over his upcoming release. Public broadcasting system MBC released a photo of him, who is due to be released on Dec. 13 next year. Under the law, the faces of people who commit heinous crimes must be made public to uphold the publics’ right to know. However, the law was not in place at the time of Cho’s crime and therefore does not apply to him. As the end of Cho’s 12-year prison term approaches, there have been growing calls to keep him incarcerated. A petition was posted on the presidential

The research team of Prof. Cha Hyung-Joon (CE) and Prof. Cho Dong-Woo (ME) developed technology to print artificial 3D body structure based on sea anemone silk protein material which has great mechanical properties. The research team took optical cross-linking method that forms a covalent bond between two polymers using light.Synthetic polymers have outstanding properties, while biocompatibility is greatly insufficient for body transplantation. In contrary, natural polymers have excellent biocompatibility, but their significantly deficient properties make it difficult for them to produce a sop

Forbes, an American business magazine, selects 30 people under the age of 30 from 10 different fields from 23 counties in Asia-Pacific region annually. The fields include art, healthcare, finances and venture investment, media and marketing, business of technique, consumer technology, et al. On April 2, Forbes announced this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia that included three Postechians in the healthcare field. The three Postechians are Keum Do-hee, Yoon Gwan-ho, and Lee Da-sol.Keum Do-hee (MSE Ph.d.), is a POSTECH MSE alumni, invented smart contact lenses that can diagnose the diabetes with t

The research team of Professor Noh Yong-young (CE) and Dr. Shin Eun-sol (CE), has discovered a way to enhance the performance of organic transistors by using a spontaneous doping method; electronic doping using the properties of insulating layer instead of doping through the use of chemicals.In foldable or flexible display, light and flexible organic transistors are used. However, organic materials have lower electron mobility that should be improved. The research team was the world first to enhance the property of organic transistors’ performance by electronical doping utilizing insulato prop

The present course registration system is first-come, first-served basis. It takes at the end of the previous semester, and the amendment session is made after the vacation. This system certainly has advantages. First, every students can sign up at the same time regardless of the grade. Second, it is easy to understand that the operation and understanding is simple. However, if a student fails to register a lecture, one has to continuously check the present number of quota. Also, the lectures can be exchanged or traded between students that might cause secondary damage. In case of excessive, s

For 30 seconds at 12 A.M. on April 6, Tae-joon Park Digital Library rang with shouts of Postechians who were tired of studying for their midterm exams. The event was ‘Screaming Day,’ which was held by Library Council LAON. Choi Min-seok (ME 17), the leader of LAON, replied “I am glad that this Screaming Day went well. LAON members helped me to finish it smoothly.” The start of the Screaming Day was a post from the POSTECH Bamboo page on Facebook during the first semester of 2015. An anonymous Postechian posted they wanted to get a chance to shout at the library, and that it should become a tra

The altar of incense and portraits of the 304 victims of the sinking of the Sewol ferry were moved from Gwanghwamun Square with the agreement of the victims’ families. The portraits were moved to the basement floor of Seoul City Hall, where they will stay temporarily until the victims’ families decide where to place them permanently. The sinking of the Sewol ferry on April 16, 2014, was one of the largest disasters in recent Korean history. A total of 304 people, of whom 250 were students from Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi, were traveling by ferry to Jeju Island on a field trip. When t

In 2016, POSTECH announced its orientation as a value-creating university, and on Feb. 26 2019, to establish an institute that directly contributes to regional development. The ground-breaking ceremony of the Bio Open Innovation Center (BIOC) was held. More than 200 people, including President Kim Doh-Yeon, the Vice Governor for Economic Planning of Gyeongsangbuk-do, the Mayor of Pohang, a local legislator (Park Myung-jae), Chairman of Genexine, POSCO officials, and representatives of the bio-enterprise, attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the BOIC, an industrial-educational innovative pl

Domestic and international researchers, including Professor Park Soo-jin (CHEM) and Rodney S. Ruoff, Director of the IBS Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, developed a silicon material for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. It was confirmed that, when used as the anode of the battery, the new silicon material charged five times faster than the conventional battery, increased the battery capacity by more than double, and maintained a stable structure even after repeated charging and discharging.Graphite, the material currently used for the anode in electric car batteries, has its l