DAEJEON, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Industry-academia research collaboration will be pursued to develop an eco-friendly battery that is free from carbon emissions. The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) said Thursday that it will invest 11.4 billion won (US$9.54 million) over the next five years to develop a solvent-free lithium ion battery dry process [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — New research* from Kadence (formerly Chargifi) has revealed that after a year of flexible working, almost two-thirds of US and UK office workers (62%) now feel more trusted to do their job effectively. Of those workers, half also feel more motivated to do a better quality job (51%) and go [...]
VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — New research published today by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) highlights a troubling trend in the fight against climate change and push to deliver universal electricity access: despite environmental, economic and many other challenges facing coal, pockets of funders continue to finance additional [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A new industry-academia research collaboration has been formed to develop the required technology to produce green hydrogen using seawater. The Korea Institute of Materials Science signed a business agreement with global shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Pusan National University to jointly develop a green hydrogen production system and [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Friday the country will spend 7.4 billion won (US$6.4 million) in researching messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine technology by 2024 in a move to boost its preparedness against infectious diseases. The relatively new type of vaccine has recently been in the spotlight as global pharmaceutical [...]
London, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) - Strategic industry partnerships — linking businesses across different segments of the luxury travel, hospitality and leisure sector — are widely seen as a key component to further the recovery from the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. New research from VistaJet, the first and only global business aviation company, in [...]
TORONTO, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading diversified professional services and investment management firm Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI) reveals investors are largely optimistic about a market rebound in 2021, according to its new Global Capital Markets 2021 Investor Outlook. Colliers’ research anticipates a 50 per cent surge in investment activity in [...]
HONG KONG SAR, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – “It’s not who I am underneath, it’s what I do that defines me,” so says the titular hero from the 2005 blockbuster, Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale as the billionaire caped crusader. Instead of the hero Batman, a group of academics were inspired by what is probably [...]
HONG KONG, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) - Crowdfunding, which has seen its popularity skyrocket with the rise of high profile platforms the likes of Kickstarter, GoFundMe and IndieGoGo, has often been hailed as a “democratising force” in finance, allowing enterprising individuals to launch new and innovative ventures while bypassing traditional sources of funding they would otherwise [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 14,000 people were estimated to have died from a deadly humidifier sanitizer scandal that broke out in 2011, a figure that is roughly 10 times bigger than previously reported, a study showed Monday. The number of adults who died after being diagnosed as patients of relevant diseases, such [...]