KAIST

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Vol.34.2025.12.23

KAIST Welcomes the Class of 2026: Play Boldly, Learn Deeply, President Kwang-Hyung Lee KAIST announced on December 15th that it has delivered a congratulatory message to the successful applicants of the 2026 undergraduate early admissions, sharing the university’s unique educational philosophy of encouraging challenge and failure, as well as its vision for cultivating global talent.

Research

KAIST Removes 99.9% of Ultrafine Dust Using Nano Water Droplet Technology​ A KAIST research team has drawn attention by developing a new water-based air purification technology that combines nano water droplets that capture dust with a nano sponge structure that autonomously draws up water, enabling dust removal using nano water droplets without filters, self-supplied water operation, and long-term, quiet, and safe performance.

Harry Potter Style Moving Invisibility Cloak Technology Developed​ What do Harry Potter invisibility cloak and stealth fighter jets that evade radar have in common? Building upon this concept our research team has taken it one step further by developing a smart invisibility cloak like technology that hides electromagnetic waves even better as it stretches and moves.

AI-Engineered Nasal Spray Antiviral Platform Developed to Block Flu and COVID19​ Respiratory viruses that have diverse strains and mutate rapidly, such as influenza and COVID19, are difficult to block perfectly with vaccines alone. To solve this problem, KAIST research team has successfully developed a nasal (intranasal) antiviral platform using AI technology to overcome the existing limitations of interferon lambda treatments

Campus/People

KAIST Drives National Competitiveness with a Dual-Impact Model for AI Research and Regional Innovation​ KAIST President Kwang Hyung Lee stated that strengthening AI research capabilities and regional balanced development is a Dual-Impact Model for AI Research and Regional Innovation that boosts national competitiveness.

Robot Valley Project Activation of the Korean style Robot and AI Startup Ecosystem Fully Underway​ KAIST announced on December 10th that KAIST Holdings (CEO Hyeonmin Bae), a specialized technology commercialization investment institution, successfully held the 2025 KAIST Hu-Robotics Startup Cup on the 9th at the main building of Daejeon Startup Park.

World-Renowned Conductor Han-Na Chang Appointed as Visiting Distinguished Professor​ "It is very meaningful to be able to share the joy of music with future science and technology leaders at KAIST and to explore the possibilities of a new field of performing arts hand-in-hand with AI." Han-Na Chang, KAIST Visiting Distinguished Professor KAIST announced on the 13th of November that it has appointed Han-Na Chang, a world-renowned conductor and musician who was formerly a cellist, as a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the Graduate School of Culture Technology (GSCT).

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