Pusan National University researchers found rolled AZ31 magnesium plates absorbed 6.5% to 6.7% more impact energy when struck along the normal direction. How the plates broke differed more than the energy did, in tests of one alloy at a single impact speed.
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Jongno Academy counted 99,883 early applications at Pusan, Chonnam and Chungnam for 2027, up 11.6% in the first cycle after each was promised 70 billion won a year, with 63% of the gain at Pusan alone.
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Jongro Academy counted a record 8,994 early applications to 13 corporate contract programs for the 2027 year, up 18.2 percent. The 297-to-1 ratio being quoted is three seats at Sogang University. Battery, down 36.2 percent, is one department.
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A DGIST-led team grew vertical graphene walls directly onto heat-resistant polymer nanofibers with low-temperature plasma CVD, and credits the sensing gain less to added surface area than to molecules dwelling in the gaps between the walls.
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The National Research Foundation of Korea wants an institutional research center open next year, feeding measured outcomes back into who gets funded. The indicators are not written yet.
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