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Mon, June 5, 2023 | 20:23

Sanofi empowers working women

Sanofi empowers working women

Sanofi held its “Mini-Catalyst” program last week to help its saleswomen seek sustainable career development by building self-awareness and confidence, the pharmaceutical company said Thursday. Sanofi, a France-based multinational company, has run the program since 2015 for its female leaders. The program, which usually takes place over three days, is aimed at offering leader...

Kang Seung-woo | 2017-07-13 17:31

Seoul strives to overcome Pyongyang in rocket tech

Seoul strives to overcome Pyongyang in rocket tech

GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province - The second Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-2) will be more powerful than any North Korean rocket, a project leader told reporters at the Naro Space Center on this southwestern island, Wednesday. “Of course we’ve lagged behind North Korea in space technology, as we have yet to develop our own rocket,” said Ko Jeong-hwan, executive director of ...

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-07-02 17:08

Korean scientists develop Alzheimer's pig for research

Korean scientists develop Alzheimer's pig for research

Korean scientists at Jeju National University said Friday they had produced a cloned pig with Alzheimer’s disease symptoms for the first time in the world. Led by Professor Park Se-pil, head of Jeju National University’s stem cell research center, and professor Lee Seung-eun, the researchers produced a cloned pig called “JNUPIG” that has three genetic factors that cause Alzhe...

Yoon Sung-won | 2017-06-09 19:20

Korean scientist produces DNA nanowire

Korean scientist produces DNA nanowire

Moon Myung-woon, a Korean nanotechnology expert at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), has led the development of DNA nanowire production, the institute said Monday. This technique, which taps into the nature of liquid surface tension, is expected to speed up the development of drug delivery systems, bionic sensors and analysis of DNA structures, according t...

Yoon Sung-won | 2017-06-05 16:52

Korea looks to cloud seeding in war on fine dust

Korea looks to cloud seeding in war on fine dust

Korea is looking to cloud-seeding to help combat the dangerous fine dusts originating inside and outside the country. The initiative comes late on the world stage, with about 40 countries, most rigorously the U.S. and China, having already employed the method of controlling the weather.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2017-06-04 16:00

Construction rigs tackle fine dust

NASA's first mission to the sun to blast off next year

NASA's first mission to the sun to blast off next year

NASA will send a robotic spacecraft into the sun’s atmosphere next year in unprecedented outer-space exploration to tackle questions linked to the blazing star. The historic project was announced during a ceremony honoring American solar astrophysicist Eugene Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, Wednesday (local time). The craft was named the Parker Solar ...

Park Si-soo | 2017-06-01 13:34

[인터뷰] '사피엔스'저자 유발 하라리, '트럼프는 예측 불가능...한반도 무력충돌 가능'

인터뷰'사피엔스'저자 유발 하라리, "트럼프는 예측 불가능...한반도 무력충돌 가능"

(서울=코리아타임스) 강승우 기자 = 베스트셀러 “사피엔스”와 “호모 데우스” 의 저자이자 “세계에서 가장 위험한 역사학자”로 평가받는 유발 하라리 히브리대 역사학과 교수는 인공지능 (AI)를 지배하는 국가가 미래의 경제를 규정할 것이라고 단언했다.

Kang Seung-woo | 2017-05-21 17:34

S. Korea launches 4th telecommunications satellite

The commercial satellite, named the Mugunghwa-7, lifted off from the Guiana Space Center at Kourou in French Guiana, aboard a rocket made by France-based Arianespace at 7:27 p.m. (local time), said the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, and KT Sat, a satellite service arm of the country's leading fixed-line operator KT Corp.

Park Si-soo | 2017-05-05 15:14

Chief executives with medical licenses

Chief executives with medical licenses

A specialist in a field is believed to usually fail to pull off in another sector. However, there are a number of people whose jobs were treating patients and switched to running a company and they stand out in their new area. It is Kyobo Life Insurance Chairman Shin Chang-jae that is leading the pack in the nation’s business circle. Shin was a promising obstetrician and univ...

Kang Seung-woo | 2017-05-02 17:10

South Korea to launch multifunctional satellite in 2021

South Korea to launch multifunctional satellite in 2021

An estimated 310 billion won ($217.8 million) will be spent on the project. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) will develop the rocket and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will develop the satellite, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning on Monday. The institutes signed a contract on April 27.

Park Si-soo | 2017-05-01 14:47

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