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Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) was established only 21 years ago. Nature Materials spoke to POSTECH's outgoing president, Chan-Mo Park, about this success story as well as his personal engagement with North Korea.
To answer this question, Nature Materials interviewed Ohjoon Kwon, head of the research laboratories of POSCO, Korea's largest steel producer, and the third-largest in the world.
Twenty years ago, J. Georg Bednorz shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Karl Alexander Müller. Nature Materials asked him about the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity and its implication for science and technology.
Paul Ching-Wu Chu has worked on superconductivity for most of his scientific career. He talked to Nature Materials about his past achievements and dreams for the future.
Research in India has changed dramatically over the past half century, and C. N. R. Rao has been an observer and participant for all this time. With his unique perspective as an advisor to the Indian prime minister, Nature Materials talked to him about directions in Indian chemistry.
July marks the centenary of Imperial College London, one of the top academic institutions world-wide. Nature Materials interviewed Imperial's rector, Richard Sykes, on the challenges facing the college.
The Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest research institution and a major player in international science. Nature Materials talked to its president, Jürgen Mlynek, to learn more about the strategy and aims of the association.
Richard Friend has co-founded two companies based on his work on organic electronics whilst maintainting a thriving research career at Cambridge University. Nature Materials talked to him about combining business with academia.
High standards in scientific education and research should not be the privilege of those who can afford to attend prestigious universities. Physicists in Trieste are trying to remedy the isolation of scholars from developing countries and involve them in the worldwide scientific community.
The realization of metamaterials with a negative index of refraction has created great opportunities for novel applications. John Pendry talks to Nature Materials about his key contributions to the field and his passion for physics.
Following a recession in the telecommunications industry, the appointment of Jeong Kim as president of Bell Laboratories comes at a critical time. Nature Materials spoke to him about his diverse career, his vision for Bell Labs, and the global environment the labs are operating in.
