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Pusan National University

Pusan National University is a major public research university in Busan, South Korea, and one of the nation's flagship national universities.

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  • PNU

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Struck along the normal direction, rolled AZ31 magnesium plates absorb up to 6.7% more ballistic energy

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.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
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Hype gap+25
Incentives
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Confidence40
investOne report1 publisher

Korea's 24-month refuelling pilot would add about 49 megawatts of steady reactor output

Korea aims to run two reactors on 24-month fuel cycles by 2030, a pilot worth about 427 GWh a year on a 2022 study's numbers. Averaged over the year that is roughly 49 megawatts, so the plan only matters for AI-era demand if longer cycles spread across the fleet.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption10
Hype gap+35
Incentives
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Confidence50
scienceOne report1 publisher

Three climate models tie a slightly longer day to warming's rearranged winds

Susmit Satpathy's team finds that warming-driven winds lengthen Earth's day by about 10-18% of the long-term tidal-friction trend by 2100 in three climate models. The study gives a physical cause for the atmosphere's projected gain in angular momentum, which adds a small amount to the slowing that tides already cause.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
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Hype gap+10
Incentives35
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Three Korean national universities drew 10,414 more applications after each was promised 70 billion won

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.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives
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Confidence50
scienceOne report1 publisher

Showing environmental harm first heightened attention to the green solution that followed

Researchers at Pusan National University and Breda ran the same negative-to-positive message order through a 64-channel EEG session and a behavioural study. Arousal moved attention, valence moved intention.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+34
Incentives52
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Five semiconductor programs took two-thirds of Korea's job-linked degree applications

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.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption66
Hype gap+30
Incentives68
Confidence62
scienceOne report1 publisher

Lead-free perovskite sensor reads ammonia at 1 ppm, and its makers say they now know why

A KIMS-led team reports an antimony perovskite that responds to ammonia in 13 seconds at 100 ppm, plus a mechanism that is intercalation rather than surface adsorption.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives72
Confidence40