SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major shipbuilder here, said Thursday it has developed the world’s first Aframax crude oil tanker (COT) powered by fuel cells. Samsung Heavy said it had acquired approval in principle from DNV GL, a Norway-based classification society, for its fuel cell-powered Aframax COTs. Completion of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s first hydrogen charging station at a parliament building opened at the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday. The achievement is seen as a new era for the hydrogen economy in South Korea as the country’s political center now accommodates a commercial hydrogen charging station. The two hydrogen [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., a major electric vehicle (EV) battery maker in South Korea, said Tuesday it plans complete the development of a battery recycling technology by the end of this year to beef up its competitiveness in the industry. SK Innovation said it is working to find solutions to [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new biodegradable stent that naturally dissolves within the human body. It is composed of a unique material which became the world’s first to pass a pre-clinical trial. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials in Daejeon announced on Tuesday that its [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said Friday it has developed the world’s first active shift control (ASC) technology for hybrid vehicles. The new technology improves gear-shift efficiency for hybrid vehicles, according to Hyundai Motor. It will be applied to the upcoming Sonata hybrid and the group’s other [...]
GOYANG, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday it has developed a new engine technology that sharply enhances vehicle performance and fuel efficiency and reduces gas emissions. Hyundai plans to apply its own continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) system initially in its 1.6-liter turbo GDi engine, which will be installed in the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed the expertise to precisely determine corrosion levels in key parts of nuclear reactors, potentially greatly improving operational safety, a state-run atomic energy institute said Tuesday. The discovery is expected to make it easier for nuclear plant operators to forecast when to replace such critical [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., a major chipmaker here, said Wednesday that it has started mass-producing the industry’s highest vertically stacking 4D NAND flash chip, with shipment expected in the second half of the year. The 128-layer 1TB triple-level cell (TLC) 4D NAND chip also provides the industry’s highest density, and [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research institute said Monday it has developed a new type of thermal management system with twice the cooling properties of existing devices, which can reduce the frequency of various electronic appliances malfunctioning. The new system uses Direction-Free Thermal Ground Plane (TGP) instead of the conventional heat [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday introduced the world’s highest-resolution image sensor, with 64 megapixels for smartphones, to meet the growing demand for mobile devices with better image quality. Samsung unveiled two new 0.8-micrometer pixel image sensors — the 64-megapixel ISOCELL Bright GW1 and the 48-megapixel ISOCELL Bright GM2, expanding [...]