From advisor and advisee to fellow directors: Exploring the mysteries of the brainIn 2018, the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) appointed Director C. Justin Lee of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)’s Center for Glioscience Research as Co-Director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality.The appointment was intended to maximize research synergy by having Dr.... Name : Communication Team Hits : 285 2020.09.15

Bioelectronics, the medicine of the future is enabled by nanomaterialsIBS People: Research Fellow PARK Jang-Ung of the IBS Center for Nanomedicine“We may not need surgery at all in the future. Nanorobots will scout inside our body and take care of any conditions before they worsen to the level of an illness. The key to this smart device is to have all of its components stretcha... Name : Communication Team Hits : 315 2020.09.01

Exploring the Depths of the Microscopic World withResearch fellow Dr. Philip Willke from the Center for Quantum Nanoscience within the Institute for Basic Science“One atom is roughly 10 million times smaller than millimeter. If the Earth is reduced to the size of an orange, an orange on the Earth will be reduced to the size of an atom. We can make image of single atom, a fundam... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 686 2020.06.24

Discovering catalysts to convert hydrocarbons into useful chemicalsCHANG Suk Bok, Director, Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon FunctionalizationsCHANG Suk Bok, director of the IBS Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations (Distinguished Professor of Organic Chemistry, KAIST), received the Korea Best Scientist and Engineer Award for 2019 in the category of science. Direc... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 508 2020.06.17

Delving into the origin of the universe and the fundamental laws of natureProf. CHOI Kiwoon, Director, Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe“From the perspective of fundamental physics, the world is one big community. All researchers in this field have a common objective of understanding the basic laws of nature and the origin of the universe. When theoretical research... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 603 2020.06.10

Building a Bridge to the Quantum WorldJuzar Thingna, Young Scientist Fellow of the IBS Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex SystemsCoffee, transistors, and quantum machines. What can be in common of those? That is one of the questions that Dr. Juzar Thingna explores at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems. In the cup of coffee, trillions of molecules const... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 719 2020.05.22

Making a brain map by connecting the “dots”Prof. KIM Sungshin, Young Scientist Fellow, Center for Neuroscience Imaging ResearchAlthough there are many diverse opinions about the late Steve Jobs, it is difficult to deny that many of his quotes and sayings inspired a lot of people. ‘Connecting the dots’ is one example. Jobs said that each and every one of his experiences was mean... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 1161 2020.03.26

Exploring the “philosopher’s stone” of these daysYoonsu Park, Research fellow at the IBS Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations“All materials on earth is made up of molecules. How we tweak their building blocks i.e. molecules characterizes properties of the materials, and also affects our understanding about them. Catalysts enables an easy and quick reaction to obt... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 1868 2019.10.18

Scientist in love with the universe of nanoscience- LEE Byoung-Hoon, research fellow of the Center for Nanoparticle Research -The basic units of matter are atoms that are 0.1-0.2 nanometer in diameter. A nanometer (nm) is a measurement unit. 1 nm equals one billionth of a meter and is 50,000-100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Nanoparticles are materials be... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 2494 2019.08.01

SQUIDs, “the fifth element” for axion search experiments.- This highly precise magnetometer can detect as subtle signal as power that reaches Mars from a cellphone located on Earth. -In the 1997 science fiction movie “The Fifth Element”, the four elemental stone can exert its full potential only when it is put together with the fifth element in defeating the Great Evil. Dr. And... Name : 전체관리자 Hits : 3313 2019.06.24