SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of engineering students at Seoul National University has developed a trampoline designed to produce compressed air that could help dentists in developing countries power high-speed equipment used for treatment, the university said Tuesday. The team, led by Kim Jae-in, a student in the Mechanical Aviation Engineering Department [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A new water recycling system that purifies rainwater and wastewater to provide bathroom water has been installed at a dormitory at Seoul National University. According to the College of Engineering at SNU on Wednesday, the water recycling system collects rainwater from the roof of the dormitory building, which is then [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of dermatology researchers at Seoul National University have found that exposure to UV rays may have an adverse effect on the brain. Through animal testing, the researchers discovered that UV rays can generate stress hormones in the skin, and that these hormones depress the generation of neuron [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A Ph.D student at the University of Iowa recently published a report indicating that students attending one of the three SKY universities (Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University), often considered the best post-secondary institutions in South Korea, are strongly inclined towards attaining upward social mobility through their educational [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Seoul National University researchers have successfully conducted a field test in which extracted male pheromones from the longhorn beetle were used to limit the spread of pine wilt disease. Also referred to informally as “Pine Tree AIDS” for its deadly and near-untreatable nature, pine wilt disease [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A temporary permit issued to conglomerate KT by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) has cleared the path for a locally developed self-driving bus to be tested on the road. KT highlighted the momentous impact of the occasion in a public statement: “Until now, the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Animal rights groups saw their lawsuit demanding that Seoul National University Hospital publicly disclose its records on in-house animal testing approved by the Seoul 11th Administrative Court on August 28. Prior to the suit, the hospital had rebuffed such demands by expressing that it was “not unconcerned that [the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study conducted by researchers from Seoul National University has revealed that the presence of nanomaterials in the composition of household aerosols carries the same dangers as exposure to particulate matter (PM 2.5). In their experiment, the researchers tested eight household cleaning products containing nanomaterials which were categorized [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The best laid plans of “bears” and men may soon see bears come out on top as Asian black bear KM-53′s the highly publicized trek to find a new home has animal rights groups cheering and government agencies reconsidering their options. Also known as a moon bear for the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Rows of shelves crammed with books that crisscrossed rooms like walls are now a thing of the past – at least when it comes to university libraries in South Korea. Universities are doing away with rows upon rows of musty books, and pivoting towards current social trends as they [...]