SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea’s substantial investment in research and development (R&D) is yielding less-than-expected returns, according to a new analysis. The country’s scientific standing may be at risk due to a declining student population, gender imbalances in research staff, and cultural factors that hinder diversity, a special report from the prestigious Nature [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant breakthrough for energy storage technology, researchers at the Korea Institute of Energy Research have developed a new battery material capable of functioning in temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius, the institute announced on August 13. Traditionally, graphite has been the go-to material for anodes in lithium-ion [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists has discovered the existence of dark states of electrons in a solid material for the first time in the world in a joint research project with scientists from the United States, Britain and Canada, the science ministry said Monday. A research team, led [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In a groundbreaking achievement, researchers from Hanyang University in South Korea have brought the future of flexible and stretchable electronics a step closer to reality. Professors Jung Yei-Hwan and Yoo Hyoungsuk have successfully developed the world’s first “electronic skin” capable of maintaining wireless communication performance even when stretched or deformed [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking new labeling technology that prevents forgery and counterfeiting by engraving information instead of using adhesive stickers has been developed by a team of researchers in South Korea, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The research, led by professor Rho Junsuk of the Pohang [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will become the first Asian country to join Horizon Europe, the world’s largest multilateral research and innovation (R&I) funding program, Seoul’s science ministry said Monday. Science Minister Lee Jong-ho and his European counterpart, Iliana Ivanova, have reached an agreement on South Korea’s participation in the European Union’s [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of researchers from KAIST’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the BioProcess Engineering Research Center has made a groundbreaking achievement by developing a process to produce benzyl acetate, a key aromatic compound, using renewable carbon sources like glucose and microbes. This significant advancement was detailed in an [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy has announced the advancement of three groundbreaking research projects into the main research phase under the ‘Alchemist Project,’ aimed at securing future technologies capable of transforming industrial landscapes over the next decade. The projects, which were selected after rigorous evaluations, include research [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has announced that artificial muscle technology developed by a research team led by professor Kim Sang-ouk of the Department of New Material Engineering has been recognized as one of the “Top 10 Promising Technologies of 2023” by the International Union of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned lunar orbiter Danuri has released a comprehensive photographic map of the moon to mark the one-year anniversary of its mission, the science ministry said Tuesday. The mosaic map, compiled from polarized camera views captured over the past 250 days, encompasses both the front and back of [...]