<(From Left) M.S candidate Dongwoo Kim from KAIST, Ph.D candidate Hyun-Gi Lee from KAIST, Intern Yeham Kang from KAIST, M.S candidate Seongjae Bae from KAIST, Professor Dong-Hwa Seo from KAIST, (From top right, from left) Senior Researcher Inchul Park from POSCO Holdings, Senior Researcher Jung Woo Park, senior researcher from POSCO Holdings> A joint research team from industry and academia in Korea has successfully developed an autonomous lab that uses AI and automation to create ne
2025-08-06KAIST's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, led by Professor Jeong-Tae Kwon, has collaborated with MIT and Harvard Medical School to make a groundbreaking discovery. For the first time globally, their joint research has revealed that cytokines, released during immune responses, directly influence the brain's emotional circuits to regulate anxiety behavior. The study provided experimental evidence for a bidirectional regulatory mechanism: inflammatory cytokines IL-17A and IL-17C act
2025-07-24<Professor Ji-Joon Song of the KAIST Department of Biological Sciences> Plants, with their unique immune systems, sometimes launch 'autoimmune responses' by mistakenly identifying their own protein structures as pathogens. In particular, 'hybrid necrosis,' a phenomenon where descendant plants fail to grow healthily and perish after cross-breeding different varieties, has long been a difficult challenge for botanists and agricultural researchers. In response, an international research te
2025-07-21<(From left)Dr. Keungmo Yang, Professor Won-Il Jeong, Ph.D candidate Kyurae Kim> Excessive alcohol consumption causes alcoholic liver disease, and about 20% of these cases progress to alcohol-associated steatohepatitis (ASH), which can lead to liver cirrhosis and liver failure. Early diagnosis and treatment are therefore extremely important. A KAIST research team has identified a new molecular mechanism in which alcohol-damaged liver cells increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading
2025-07-17<Picture1.(From Left) Prof. Seungbum Hong, Ph.D candidate Youngwoo Choi> Steel alloys used in automobiles and machinery parts are typically manufactured through a melting process at high temperatures. The phenomenon where the components remain unchanged during melting is called “congruent melting.” KAIST researchers have now addressed this process—traditionally only possible through high-temperature experiments—using artificial intelligence (AI). This study dra
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