Research teams from Seoul National University and Chonnam National University made a breakthrough in medical engineering with their recent development of a microchip that mimics bone tissues. SNU Professor JEON Noo Li (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Researchers OH Soojung, JUSO Norhana, KIM Sudong (all from SNU...

Images from An endoscope with integrated transparent bioelectronics and theranostic nanoparticles for colon cancer treatment Professor HYEON Taeghwan (Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering) and his research team at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have developed a new multifunctional endoscope that paves wa...

Professor CHUN Byung-Gon Professor Byung-Gon Chun and Microsoft’s co-developed big-data meta-analysis framework was selected as a ‘Top Level Project’ of the Apache Software Foundation. The framework, named ‘Retainable Evaluator Execution Framework (REEF),’ simplifies and unifies the lower layers of big data systems on ...

The research matters to Koreans that Korean drink also works on stroke as wine does. Soju, the national liquor of Korea, is a distilled, vodka-like, rice liquor with high alcohol level, also known as the Korean equivalent of Japanese Sake. Its ready availability and low price makes it not only the most popular alcoholi...

Technology Inspired By Nature A research team led by Professor CHOI Hae Chun (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) collaborated with LG Electronics to develop an air conditioner fan with low noise and high efficiency by imitating biological characteristics of humpback whales an...

Professor SUL Seung-Ki Professor Sul Seung-Ki (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) won three individual awards from the Industry Applications Society (IAS) and the Industrial Power Converters Committee (IPCC) of the IEEE. Papers that were submitted to the association’s journal Transactions on Industry Ap...

Professor ZHANG Byoung-Tak> Professor Zhang Byoung-Tak (Department of Computer Science and Engineering), a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, had an interview with Maeil Business Newspaper. “When I returned to Korea in 1995 after receiving my doctorate degree, people asked me why I studied artificial inte...

The SNUber taxi and its mobile app On November 4, 2015, Seoul National University (SNU) Vehicle Intelligence Laboratory demonstrated SNUber, the first automated taxi service in Korea. Led by Professor SEO SeungWoo (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), the trial performance took place along a 4km route of...

The newly discovered quasar was named after Professor Im Myung Shin A joint research team led by Professor Im Myungshin (Department of Physics and Astronomy) and Minjin KIM (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) reported having discovered a faint quasar created in the early universe. This is only the third time ...

Professor LEE Ho Young’s team Professor LEE Ho Young (Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Drug Resistance, College of Pharmacy) and her research team have discovered the mechanism behind the effects of targeted cancer therapy, which may help develop new treatment methods to combat against cancer. One of the most widely us...

A novel olfactory organ in the mosquito stylet Seoul National University Professor AHN Young-joon (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), and Professor KWON Hyung-wook (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) have made a scientific breakthrough in mosquito research. The news is expected to be vital in the fight a...

Professor LEE Sang Chul is treating a patient suffering from spinal disk herniation Professor LEE Sang Chul and his team (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine of SNU Hospital) has found foraminotomy, a procedure used to relieve pressure on the nerves in the vertebrae, as an effective method of treatment for p...