KAIST builds stretchable display that expands without image distortion SEOUL, July 08 (AJP) - South Korean researchers have developed a stretchable display platform that expands evenly in every direction when pulled, keeping text and images in their original proportions instead of squashing them, a problem that has held back screens designed to stretch like rubber. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Wednesday that a team led by Yoo Seung-hyup, a professor in its School of Electrical Engineering, developed the platform July 8, 2026

South Korea's agriculture satellite makes 1st contact after liftoff in California SEOUL, July 8 (AJP) - South Korea's next-generation mid-sized satellite successfully made first contact after being launched aboard a SpaceX rocket in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to the Korea AeroSpace Administration said. The space agency said it communicated with a ground station at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute in Daejeon at around 10:50 p.m. here, about 6 hours and 38 minutes after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. During the first July 8, 2026

KAIST turns temperature into DNA synthesis tool SEOUL, July 06 (AJP) - Korean researchers have developed a way to build custom DNA strands using only changes in temperature, removing the chemical reagents and costly equipment that DNA synthesis has long required and potentially lowering the cost of work across drug development, diagnostics and synthetic biology. According to the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on Tuesday, the research team, led by the institute's Choi Yeong-jae, used the chemica July 7, 2026

Korean researchers build future-predicting AI SEOUL, July 06 (AJP) - Artificial intelligence that can see through a window, judge how light bounces off a surface, and think a step ahead before acting, arrived this week from a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology research team. The four new technologies, unveiled together, push AI systems beyond recognizing what is in an image and toward understanding and reacting to the physical world the way a person does, a shift researchers call "physical AI." The w July 6, 2026

Sookmyung scientists find bone benefit in ginseng SEOUL, July 06 (AJP) - Mice with weakened bones got stronger after being fed particles extracted from red ginseng, according to a new study out of Sookmyung Women's University. The finding is early, but it gives South Korean researchers a concrete lead on turning the country's best-known health root into an actual osteoporosis drug. The particles are called red ginseng-derived nanovesicles, or RGNVs. Think of them as microscopic delivery pouches, roughly 200 nanome July 6, 2026

Kookmin team identifies seven medulloblastoma subtypes SEOUL, July 03 (AJP) - A research team led by Kookmin University's Department of Applied Chemistry Professor Kyung-Hee Kim has identified seven distinct molecular subtypes within medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children, a finding that points toward treating the disease with drugs matched to each tumor's specific biology rather than a single standard protocol. The work, conducted with researchers from seven other institutions in South Korea and th July 3, 2026

KAIST develops airflow tech for future EVs SEOUL, July 03 (AJP) - A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has built a system that adjusts the flow of air around an electric vehicle in real time, adapting to how the car is being driven to improve speed, braking and cornering. The work, developed with support from Hyundai Motor Company, won the top student paper prize at one of the world's leading conferences on intelligent vehicles, a result that signals South Korea's growing reach in July 3, 2026

Kookmin University claims 8th at Formula SAE SEOUL, July 02 (AJP) - Kookmin University's student-run motorsports club finished eighth overall out of roughly 100 teams at the 2026 Formula SAE Electric world championship, delivering the strongest result in the club's short history with an electric race car built entirely by undergraduates. The competition ran from June 16 to 20 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, the birthplace of Formula SAE and still its largest venue. SAE International, the pro July 2, 2026

KAIST turns Alzheimer's toxin into treatment switch SEOUL, July 02 (AJP) -Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a drug that activates only inside diseased brain tissue, using a toxic molecule long blamed for worsening Alzheimer's disease as the trigger that switches the treatment on. The molecule is hydrogen peroxide, a reactive form of oxygen that damages cells and builds up at abnormally high levels in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Scientists have traditionally viewed July 2, 2026

KAIST AI reads mouse gestures as language SEOUL, July 01 (AJP) - A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has built an artificial intelligence model that treats an animal's body movements the way a language model treats words, and the system used that approach to find, entirely on its own, the core social deficit in a mouse model of autism. The result points toward a new class of AI tool for brain research, one whose reasoning scientists can actually inspect rather than take on faith. July 1, 2026