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Vol.40.2026.6.29

KAIST–Formosa Bio Research Center Open Despite rapid advances in drug candidate discovery, nearly 90 percent of candidates fail in human clinical trials after passing animal testing. KAIST is partnering with Taiwan’s Formosa Group to tackle this long-standing challenge.

Research

New Nanoprinting Technology Transfers Metal Circuits Floating on Water A Korean research team has developed a new technique that transfers ultrafine metal circuits floating on water onto various surfaces, including plant leaves, fruits without damage.

KAIST Advances AI with Record-Breaking Liquid Cooling Technology AI data centers are often called “power-hungry giants,” as AI computations consume vast amounts of electricity and require significant energy to cool overheated semiconductor chips.

KAIST Develops Next-Generation Self-Powered Wearable Sensor Wearable medical devices for long-term monitoring, electronic skins that sense external stimuli, and soft robots made of flexible materials have all moved one step closer to reality.

Campus/People

Professor Jihwan Yoo’s Team Wins Best Paper Award for Two Consecutive Years in Robotics Professor Jihwan Yoo’s team has won the Best Paper Award from IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), one of the world’s leading robotics journals, for the second consecutive year.

Professor Hyun Myung’s Team Wins Top Prizes in Robotics and Computer Vision Challenges Teams from Professor Hyun Myung’s lab in the School of Electrical Engineering won first place in international challenges at ICRA 2026 and CVPR 2026, respectively.

Seeking Innovative Financial Solutions to Help Deep Tech Startups Overcome the Valley of Death​ KAIST announced that it will co-host STARTUP NATION KOREA 2026 with Seoul National University and The JoongAng from June 17 to 18 at SNU Campus.

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