SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has opened a fine dust research center to find technological solutions to counter the environmental and health threats it poses. The company said the new center, operated by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, will focus on carrying out research on fine dust particles. [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A big data analysis has showed that a select few can easily dominate public opinion. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) announced on Wednesday that it had verified the regularities surrounding the formation of collective intelligence by studying the development process of online encyclopedias, journals, and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Thursday it will work with information and communication technology companies to apply the 5G network in advanced production lines to create “smart factories.” A smart factory is a key concept in the fourth industrial revolution, and is based on an agile, automated manufacturing environment. [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have discovered a substance that could be used as a new malaria treatment in a rare native microorganism found on the East Sea island of Ulleung, a state-run research center said Thursday. The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) said its scientists found the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first indigenous geostationary weather satellite, the Chollian-2A, intended to enhance the country’s weather monitoring system, successfully made initial contact with a ground station after blasting off from a space center in French Guiana, the government in Seoul said Wednesday. The multipurpose satellite, also known as GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, lifted [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A small South Korean satellite designed to carry out space observation successfully reached its designated orbit after blasting off from an Air Force base in the United States, Seoul’s science ministry said Tuesday. The Next Sat-1, which lifted off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at around [...]
GOHEUNG, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully tested its locally developed rocket engine on Wednesday, officials said, taking a step closer to the full-fledged development of the country’s first space launch vehicle. The test of the 75-ton thrust engine was conducted using a single-stage rocket that was launched from the Naro Space Center [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Vietnamese scientists who studied at science and technology institutions in South Korea have established a joint alumni association. Korea University of Science and Technology (UST) said that Vietnamese scientists held an inauguration ceremony for the KOREA S&T (Science and Technology) Joint Alumni Association last Saturday in [...]
GWANGJU, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Chosun University Hospital in Gwangju announced on Sunday that it is using Watson for Oncology, a medical AI supercomputer designed by IBM Inc., for cancer treatment. Once the information about a patient along with the preliminary diagnosis is entered, Watson delivers the optimum method of treatment by analyzing its [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean researchers have discovered what they’re saying is the optimal method of moving control rods, using industrial mathematics. According to the National Institute for Mathematical Science (NIMS), fuel and control rods used in the previous cycle at nuclear power plants are taken to the Spent Fuel Pit (SPF) during the [...]