SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. said Monday that it will open up the first Apple Developer Academy and an R&D Support Center at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in the southeastern city of Pohang next year. Apple Developer Academy is a nine-month training program for entrepreneurs, developers, and designers working in the [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has introduced virtual reality (VR) classes for all of its freshmen starting from last week, part of a non-face-to-face educational experiment using VR devices. Although there are some cases in which other universities have used VR for classes, POSTECH became the first [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — KCC Corp., a major construction materials producer, announced on Thursday that in collaboration with Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), it had succeeded in turning waste factory heat into electric energy for the first time in South Korea. The two entities teamed up to carry out an empirical [...]
POHANG, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — It was announced on Monday that professors and research teams from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) had developed technology to print artificial organisms in three dimensions based on silk protein from the sea anemone. Although artificial biomechanical structures created using natural polymers are highly biocompatible, it has [...]
POHANG, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology could make it possible to elevate the performance of semiconductors, as development in the area has remained stagnant in recent years. Spintronics and valleytronics are the latest technologies that could play a significant role in developing next generation semiconductors. Spintronics is the study of an electron’s spin [...]
POHANG, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – An inter-university research team has successfully incorporated motion sensors with morse code to open up the possibility of two-way communication with victims of full-body paralysis. Researchers from Postech and Chungnam National University made the announcement on December 19, with the details of their research included in the scientific journal [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The world’s lightest GPS tracker for wildlife monitoring has been developed by South Korean researchers. Weighing only 17g, the new tracker is 8g lighter than what was formerly the lightest tracking gadget in the world, a device manufactured by Canadian firm Lotek. The Ministry of Environment announced on December [...]
POHANG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) –A recent study has revealed that quantum dot technology, which is used in ultra-high-definition TVs, can be used to detect cancer cells hidden deep in the body. Scientists from the Department of Chemistry at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) along with the Asan Life Science Research Institute announced [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the United States and Japan, Korea has become the third country to successfully produce an ‘x-ray free-electron laser’ (XFEL), often referred to as the “dream light”. According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Pohang Accelerator Laboratory has succeeded [...]