Oct 20, 2025 Seoyoung Kang physicsworld.com The United Nations has officially declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The UN has set this year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is the core physical theory that explains the unusual characteristics that are observed at the atomic and subatomic levels. This global initiative aims to raise awareness of quantum mechanics as a basis of modern s

Oct 17, 2025 Yul So koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Unrelated Data Mixing Encourages Models to Interpret Conflicting Signals More Effectively Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on October 14 that a research team led by Professor Hwang Eui-jong has developed a new training technique designed to enhance the performance of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI). Multimodal AI refers to technology that can process and understand various types of da

Oct 13, 2025 Minseo Kim www.bbc.com South Korea’s health authorities have stepped in after online rumors spread claiming COVID-19 vaccines could cause cancer. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said there’s no scientific proof that the vaccine directly leads to cancer, adding that such claims are “hard to verify and lack evidence.” The controversy started when a Korean research group published a study suggesting that vaccinated people might have slightly h

Oct 13, 2025 Seoyoung Kang www.synbiobeta.com Recently, due to an increase in AI usage, not only daily life but also biosecurity is getting threatened. Just as a new virus mutation that avoids vaccines has emerged, protein variants created by AI can avoid the existing security system. A Microsoft research team tried to create tons of millions of variants of dangerous proteins (toxin) with AI protein design tools, and the problem is that the existing DNA order screening system

Oct 13, 2025 Gyeonghyun Cho edition.cnn.com A recent study has shown that coffee has surprising benefits for liver health, especially for women, and healthy aging. According to a review published in Biochemical and Pharmacology, coffee has the benefits of anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, metabolic, and intestinal microbial communities that benefit the liver. Drinking two cups a day can reduce the risk of cirrhosis and fibrosis, slow the progression of hepatitis C, and reduce

Oct 2, 2025 Yul So www.korea.net The South Korean government is expanding residency visa opportunities to attract outstanding...

Sep 27, 2025 Seoyoung Kang www.theguardian.com Recently, a small clinical experiment in the UK found that gene therapy slowed the...

Sep 25, 2025 Seoyoung Kang http://koreabizwire.com/ Korea's first commercial water electrolysis-based hydrogen production facility is now...

Sep 23, 2025 Gyeonghyun Cho clinicone.com.np According to a recent study, common oral and throat bacteria may be heart attack triggers....

Sep 23, 2025 Minseo Kim www.koreaherald.com The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on September 22 that Gangneung’s drought...