DAEJEON, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top science institute has unveiled new research that uses artificial intelligence to interpret how climate and urban environments affect city life, as global interest grows in applying data-driven tools to urban policymaking. KAIST’s Urban AI Lab said Wednesday it presented joint findings with the MIT Senseable City Lab [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched a new round of plasma experiments on its homegrown nuclear fusion device, KSTAR, as part of a broader push to accelerate the development of fusion energy, researchers said Monday. KSTAR — short for Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research — is a superconducting research reactor designed to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remains one of only two major economies — alongside Japan — where large and small firms receive markedly different levels of tax incentives for research and development (R&D) and where unclaimed credits cannot be directly refunded, according to a new analysis by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — In a breakthrough that could transform the petrochemical industry, a South Korean research team has developed a sustainable technology to produce key industrial chemicals without using petroleum. KAIST announced Sunday that Distinguished Professor Lee Sang-yup of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor Han Soon-kyu of the Department [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have unveiled the country’s first system capable of producing clean hydrogen at significantly lower costs, a development that could accelerate the nation’s transition to renewable energy. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) said Monday that a research team led by principal researcher Kim Young-sang [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national standards institute has unveiled an artificial eye designed to mimic the human retina, a breakthrough aimed at improving the accuracy of diagnostic imaging for retinal diseases. The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) said Monday it has developed a “retinal phantom,” a synthetic model [...]
POHANG, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) scientists have developed a device that generates electricity from ambient humidity with more than 100 times the efficiency of previous technologies, marking a potential leap forward in renewable energy. The research team, led by Professor Jeon Sang-min of POSTECH’s Department of Chemical [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have detected a surge of Siberian river water, organic material and sediment flowing into the East Siberian Sea, a shift they say could disrupt sea-ice formation and alter the timing and navigability of the Northern Sea Route. The Korea Polar Research Institute said Friday that a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new fiber-based material that can capture carbon dioxide directly from the air using only small amounts of electricity, potentially lowering the barriers to large-scale deployment of direct air [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists has identified a previously unknown molecular pathway that may help explain why depression develops — and why standard treatments often fail in older patients. KAIST announced Tuesday that its researchers, working with the National Forensic Service and Ajou University Hospital, discovered that heightened [...]