The development of atomic level molecular editing methods for metal clusters is an important avenue in synthetic chemistry that can expand the structure diversity and functionality of these compounds. In a new study, researchers have developed a novel, highly selective asymmetric synthesis approach to develop chiral optical metal clusters with photoluminescence. This approach can contribute to the development of chiral luminescent nanomaterials, benefiting several industries.

POSTECH Professor Keehoon Kim’s Team Develops Multi-Finger Haptic Display that Operates Inside MRI.

POSTECH develops a low-temperature heterojunction-based transistor that implements complex circuits with a single device.

POSTECH Professor Sunmin Ryu’s team analyzes structural inhomogeneity in large-area thin films using interferometric SHG imaging.

A new study led by XUE Chaoyou from the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with LOU Huiqiang at China Agricultural University and RAO Shuquan from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has shown that RNA-guided IS110 transposons use two mechanistically distinct pathways to mobilize DNA.

Dr Rebecca Chia-Chun Hsu is an assistant researcher at the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. Her work focuses on air plants and tropical wet forests. She has been exploring forest canopies of giant trees for over a decade. Professor Chi-Kuei Wang is a professor at the Department of Geomatics at National Cheng Kung University. His work is on laser scanning of forests and topography. Dr Chung-Cheng Lee, also a researcher at National Cheng Kung University’s Department of Geomatics, studies forest measurement and management.

Together, they are authors of a new Frontiers in Forests and Global Change article that chronicles their efforts to find, climb, and measure Taiwan’s tallest trees.

A new analysis of approximately 600,000 research papers reveals structural limits to single-country security oversight of dual-use research and identifies trade-offs that policymakers face when strengthening such oversight.

KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced today that Professor Seokbeom Kwon of the School of Business and Technology Management has published a large-scale empirical analysis examining the structural limitations of tightening security oversight on dual-use research and its potential cost to scientific progress. The study appears in Science on June 5, 2026.

In his mission to normalise the use of ‘misfit wood’, Aalto University architect and researcher Jaakko Torvinen has shown how standard, business-as-usual calculation methods can predict load-bearing capacity for organically shaped logs. The research is one step towards helping cut the millions of tonnes of imperfect wood that go to the scrap heap, instead of into use as functional, economically viable and aesthetically desirable options in construction.