SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In 2009, Samsung Electronics introduced a “Master” program to help the company’s top researchers to make focused progress in their respective fields, and the initiative is now being adopted by other Samsung affiliates. Prior to the program, senior researchers would have to take on general management roles when they [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint team of scientists from South Korea, Denmark and Thailand have developed a paper-based chip using conductive ink on printer paper that can be synced wirelessly with a smartphone for medical diagnosis. The team took advantage of the properties of electrowetting – using voltage to change the shape of [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest manufacturer of smartphones, slightly reduced its expenditures on research and development (R&D) projects last year, data showed Wednesday, as it sought to acquire key technologies through mergers and acquisitions, data showed Sunday. Samsung Electronics Co. spent 14.79 trillion won (US$13.2 billion) on R&D [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 3 million animals were used in experiments by universities and public and private research centers in South Korea last year, government data showed Tuesday. A total of 2.88 million mammals, amphibians and fish were experimented on by 333 institutions in 2016, according to the data compiled by the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Contrary to popular belief, dandruff – dead skin cells from the scalp – is not contagious. The condition is caused by fungal bacteria that are present in almost everyone’s scalp. Yet, there’s no denying the fact that it can be stressful for people who suffer from dandruff more frequently [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists has discovered a new molecule that can be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, the state-run science laboratory said Monday, a discovery that could help reduce the number of people suffering from the neurological disorder down the road. Alzheimer’s disease is a disorder characterized [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean medical scientists has discovered a new protein that is related to causing lung cancer, the science ministry said Wednesday. The team led by Lee Chang-hwan of the University of Ulsan College of Medicine discovered that the protein called USE1 was more frequently found in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean scientists are making progress in red ginseng research to counteract skin aging. According to the Korea Ginseng Corporation (KGC), research teams from Kyunghee University and the Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (KIRMS) have both made breakthroughs in animal testing, with new discoveries showing that red ginseng [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The painful March defeat of baduk prodigy Lee Se-dol to Google’s DeepMind project AlphaGo urged Korea’s leading corporations to gather together to spearhead an artificial intelligence project of their own, leading to the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AIRI), which was announced Tuesday. The project was led by [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) of Korea revealed on July 29 its ‘2016 Innovation Plan for Engineering Schools’ during the 85th National Policy Revision Council, presided by Hwang Kyo-ahn, the Prime Minister of South Korea. A ‘junior’ research team consisting of undergraduate students majoring in engineering [...]