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  Researchers develop ultra-thin, highly efficient piezoelectric device SEOUL -- Researchers developed an ultra-thin and highly-efficient piezoelectric power generator that can generate electricity from the slightest movements of body parts. Conventional devices were bulky and they were unable to generate energy from small movements. The flexible device can adhere to the skin or other curved surfaces. Piezoelectric generators convert mechanical energy such as friction, vibration, and physical pressure into electricity. Along with photovoltaic generato 2022-05-10
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  Southwestern coastal city to distribute biodegradable fishnets SEOUL -- Biodegradable fishnets will be distributed to encourage South Korean fishermen to reduce their dependency on nylon or plastic products that could pose a grieve threat to the ocean ecosystem. With subsidies, crab fishermen can purchase eco-friendly nets for about 60 percent of their original price. Lost or abandoned plastic fishnets and fishing equipment are called ghost fishnets that seriously pollute the ocean by trapping living organisms including fish and seaweeds. The 2022-05-10
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  CJ Group makes strategic investment in global fandom business startup SEOUL -- Two CJ Group units made a strategic investment in bemyfriends, a global fandom business startup in South Korea, to strengthen global direct-to-consumer marketing through non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence technology. They will work together to maximize synergy and strengthen their leadership of the creator economy. bemyfriends said that it has attracted 22.4 billion won ($17.6 million) from CJ, the holding company of CJ Group, and CJ OliveNetworks, an IT serv 2022-05-10
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  S. Korea develops radar technology capable of tracking multiple ballistic missile warheads SEOUL -- South Korea's defense technology development agency has developed a core radar technology for the detection of ballistic missile warheads. The homemade technology will enable military radars to selectively detect the multiple warheads of ballistic missiles and reduce South Korea's heavy reliance on U.S. technologies. A ballistic missile carrying multiple warheads leaves a trail of debris and empty fuel canisters during its flight. Outdated radars are often fooled by 2022-05-10
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  Hanwha Impact's subsidiary secures order to turn Rotterdam gas turbine into mixed combustion SEOUL -- Thomassen Energy, the Dutch gas turbine subsidiary of Hanwha Impact, has secured an order to turn a 123-megawatt-class gas turbine run by Uniper, a German energy company, into a mixed combustion system that burns natural gas together with hydrogen to generate electricity. Uniper's 23-megawatt turbine in Rotterdam will be transformed into a combustion system that burns more than 30 percent of hydrogen, Hanwha Impact said, adding that a nitrogen oxide treatment system w 2022-05-10
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  Samsung C& strengthens partnership with American SMR company NuScale SEOUL -- Samsung C&T, a Samsung Group unit involved in trade, investment and construction, will strengthen its partnership with NuScale Power, a small modular reactor (SMR) company in the United States. They agreed to cooperate as a strategic partner in SMR projects in Romania and other East European countries. SMRs can address the limitations of light-water reactors using low-enriched uranium that cost a lot to replace nuclear fuel and require a vast emergency evacuation zone 2022-05-10
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  State research institute upgrades open-source R&D platform to accelerate research collaboration SEOUL -- A state research institute in South Korea has upgraded its open-source research and development platform to allow anyone to make changes to computer programming codes or participate in various R&D projects. Open-source applications and platforms are based on the participation of people and their collective intelligence. The free-to-use programming applications have become a new paradigm in the fields of R&D. Various R&D projects can be branched out from a sin 2022-05-10
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  SK E&S joins world's largest carbon capture project by acquiring 10% of U.S. project leader Summit SEOUL -- SK E&S, an energy company affiliated with South Korea's SK Group, will join what would be the world's largest carbon capture project by spending $110 million to acquire a 10 percent stake in U.S. project leader Summit Carbon Solutions, a business platform that addresses the global challenge of decarbonization. Summit's project is aimed at capturing up to 12 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year from 32 corn ethanol plants in five midwest states. CO2 ca 2022-05-10
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  Seoul opens metaverse-based city hall as demonstration to establish metaverse city SEOUL -- Seoul City has created a city hall inside a metaverse, a virtually created world accessible using smart devices or PCs, as a pilot service. Users can visit the lobby of the city hall and the Seoul Mayor's office using their avatars. In November 2021, Seoul unveiled its scheme to provide metaverse-based services in every administrative sector by 2026. Avatar workers will handle various civic complaints and provide virtual tourism experiences such as virtual traditional 2022-05-10
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  Researchers develop spider-inspired frequency damper for biosignal sensors SEOUL -- South Korean researchers have developed a frequency damper that is capable of neutralizing vibration noise so that a bioelectric module can accurately read and monitor biosignals. The damper was inspired by cuticular pad spiders. A cuticular pad is an organ located at the final segment of a spider's leg. The special soft pad is used for filtering unwanted vibrations from a spider web or from the ground when a spider is stalking its prey. The cuticular pad absorbs low-f 2022-05-09
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  S. Korea's homemade medical radioactive isotype 'GE-68' to be exported to US SEOUL -- A medical radioactive isotype called "Germanium-68" produced by a state nuclear energy body in South Korea will be exported to the United States for the first time. The radioactive isotope will be used as a raw material for cancer diagnosis and as calibration sources to maintain the accuracy of radiation imaging equipment such as positron emission tomography. Germanium-68 (GE-68) can be delivered for a long time because about 270 days is required to reduce to half 2022-05-09
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  ​Samsung Medical Center develops AI-based bedsore management solution SEOUL -- A major general hospital in Seoul has developed an artificial intelligence-based management solution for bedsores. The solution will analyze photographs of a patient's areas of skin where ulcers were created and predict the development of the disease while suggesting doctors with the right dressings. Bedsores, or pressure sores, are ulcers created on areas of the skin that are constantly under pressure from lying down, sitting in a wheelchair, or wearing a cast for a l 2022-05-09
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  Research body works on development of super-strong femtosecond laser plasma defense weapon SEOUL -- A research body in South Korea launched a five-year research project to develop ultra-strong laser and laser-plasma technologies that can disable enemy electronic equipment such as drones and unmanned robots. Super-strong lasers can instantly damage all objects, quickly hitting the core of a weapon. The Advanced Photonics Research Insitute (APRI), a sub research body of the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), opened a research center on May 9 to develop the 2022-05-09
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  Researchers work on technologies of recover high-purity resources from solar waste panels SEOUL -- South Korean researchers will lead a government-initiated project to develop technologies that recover high-purity resources from solar waste panels. When technology is developed, 97 percent of silver and 95 percent of silicon can be recovered and recycled from solar waste panels. Solar panels are composed of glass, aluminum, plastic, and silver. Currently, the recycling of solar waste panels is complicated and not eco-friendly because raw materials are separated by crush 2022-05-09
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  Kakao Brain develops new face-swapping technology with simplified architecture SEOUL -- Kakao Brain, the AI research unit of South Korea's web service company Kakao, has developed a new technology that would expand the capabilities of smooth and fast face-swapping through enhanced identity embedding and simplified architecture. The company predicts its new technology is expected to develop various kinds of digital humans. Face swapping refers to the task of swapping faces between images or in a video, while maintaining the rest of the body and environment 2022-05-09
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  KT's logistics platform wing releases AI freight brokering service SEOUL -- lolab, the digital logistics platform wing of South Korea's major telecom company KT, launched an artificial intelligence-based freight brokering service targeting the rapidly growing logistics industry. Once users register their cargo information into the system, the platform will find the best-matching driver for a minimum fee. Government data showed that South Korea's logistics industry is projected to reach 116 trillion won ($90.9 billion) in 2025 and 140 trillion 2022-05-09
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  GI Innovation's GI-101 selected for government-initiated drug development program SEOUL -- GI-101, an immunotherapy agent being developed by South Korea's bio-venture company GI Innovation, has been selected for a government-initiated drug development program to receive financial support at clinical stages. GI Innovation said it would get up to seven billion won ($5.5 million) in research support for two years from the Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF), which supports the investment, nurture and development of promising drugs. KDDF's move is seen as a 2022-05-09
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  LG Chem works with state institute to commercialize electrochemical reactor for CO2-based plastic production SEOUL -- LG Chem, the chemical unit of South Korea's LG Group, joined hands with a state institute to develop and accelerate the commercialization of an electrochemical reactor to convert carbon dioxide into a core material for plastics. The reactor is also capable of producing various types of syngas. The reactor was developed through a project that began in April 2021 to develop carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies and hydrogen energy technologies which are key e 2022-05-09
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  Samsung Electronics proposes considering all available bands for 6G SEOUL -- In a white paper, Samsung Electronics has proposed considering all available bands for 6G, from the low band under one gigahertz (GHz) to the high band in the 24-300 GHz range, saying the era of 6G is set to connect as many as 500 billion devices, with vehicles, appliances and even buildings being connected to a super-fast communications network. GHz is a unit of frequency equal to one billion hertz. The mid-band within the 7-24 GHz range is a candidate that can support f 2022-05-09
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  New U.S. spy plane deployed to support U.S. Army missions in Indo-Pacific SEOUL -- A new spy plane developed by L3Harris Technologies has been deployed in support of U.S. Army military mission in the Indo-Pacific region. The new aircraft with greater capability and increased standoff ranges than the RC-12 Guardrail platform in service for decades can fly for up to 14 hours at altitudes above 12.5 kilometers (41,000 feet). The new aircraft would help U.S. troops based in South Korea to enhance airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) ca 2022-05-06