The authors are strategists of NH Investment & Securities. They can be reached at tedoh@nhqv.com and julie.cho@nhqv.com, respectively. -- Ed. US real economy looks to have hit bottom, but full-fledged recovery yet to materializeThe New York Fed’s Weekly Economic Index (WEI) arrived at -11.5% at end-
Korea East-West Power announced on June 18 that it has developed a new catalyst to mass-produce hydrogen using carbon dioxides (CO2).The state-run power company has been working with a research team led by professor Kim Gun-tae of the UNIST since June 2019 to develop a 10 kW hydrogen production syst
A novel breakthrough treatment for Parkinson’s disease has been discovered by a Korean American scientist, Kim Kwang-soo. Professor Kim and his team have successfully found a way to treat Parkinson’s disease, which has been known to be incurable, by reprogramming a patient’s own cells.The Korea Adva
A Korean scientist in the United States has come up with a way that can produce a “transparent brain” 100 times faster than before.Prof. Chung Kwang-hun of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who is credited with developing an innovative technology to produce a transparent brain in 2013
The popularity of South Korean companies’ COVID-19 diagnostic kits is on the rise worldwide and South Korean biotech companies’ global business opportunities are expanding at the same time.“Early diagnosis and quarantine is the only way until a COVID-19 cure comes out and, as such, the importance of
A research team of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has developed a ultra-fast electron diffraction device that can capture atomic motions more than three times faster and more than 100 times brightly than existing ones.Atomic motions are difficult to capture as they last for a ver
Professor Jonathan Sessler at the University of Texas released his research result on the anticancer drug candidate of oxaliTEX on March 17. Dr. Hong Kwan-soo and his research team at the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) participated in the professor’s animal model experiment for verifying the e
Korean researchers have developed new technology that can detect COVID-19 virus infections within 4 hours at a laboratory.The team led by Lee Chang-joon, director of the Cognitive and Social Sciences Group at the Institute of Basic Science (IBS), announced on March 11 that they have secured a protoc
Korean scientists have discovered ways to replicate pancreatic beta cells destroyed by type 1 diabetes, which is usually diagnosed in children, teens, and young adults.Type 1 diabetes is a condition in which the patient’s immune system destroys insulin-making cells in their pancreas. These are calle
The Ministry of Science and ICT has announced that the "World of Large Facilities" (WOLF) would be put into service this month. The WOLF is a system for real-time information and data sharing between large research facilities located in South Korea and Europe.The system is connected to the Zone for
POSCO Group has set up a research center on secondary battery materials in its bid to lead the global secondary battery material market and increase product development capabilities.POSCO, the Research Institute of Science and Technology (RIST) and POSCO Chemical announced on June 25 that they have
Precision medical biotechnology company Macrogen has been designated by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) as a clinical trial specimen analysis institution, which performs specimen analysis of blood and urine collected from clinical test subjects.Macrogen can now perform next-generation se
AIRS Medical, a Korean startup specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, has attracted investment from Spring Camp, a venture capital company affiliated with Naver Corp.AIRS Medical was established by four students at the Laboratory for Imaging Science and Technology of Seoul Nationa
The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) has set about laying down the foundation for research cooperation with Eastern Europe.KIMM signed an agreement with Czech Technical University on July 3 for expansion of collaborative research.KIMM and Czech Technical University are jointly underta
The South Korean government is planning to accelerate the development of medical instruments based on Industry 4.0 technology such as surgical robots, mobile healthcare devices, and artificial organs.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Health and Welfare held a meeting at
Dongyang Natoyan, a Korean kitchenware producer, has released an eco-friendly, smokeless frying pan that burns fine dust, smell and smoke that are generated inside the pan while cooking.The air quality in the kitchen is getting worse as the fine dust level is increasing rapidly. Since the fine dust
A Singaporean government-funded research institute will invest US$41 million in Sejong Tech Valley of the Sejong City Administrative Complex to establish a biopharmaceutical developing and manufacturing company.The National Agency for Administrative City Construction (NAACC) said on May 28 that it h
The Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) has developed a capsule-type micro-robot that can seal cells and drugs and deliver them to desired parts of the human body.The robot was by three teams – one led by DGIST Robotics professor Choi Hong-soo, another led by Moon Je-il, a DG
Samsung Research, the advanced R&D hub of Samsung Electronics' SET (end-products) Business, plans to establish three artificial intelligence (AI) centers in Cambridge, the U.K. (May 22), Toronto, Canada (May 24) and Moscow, Russia (May 29) to strengthen the company’s AI capabilities and explore
Audi Volkswagen Korea, which has recently resumed business operations after one and a half years of store shutdown, was involved in an allegation over the illegal manipulation of exhaust gas emissions once again. It is expected that the company can hardly avoid a criticism from consumers that the Ge