The race to developing a vaccine for COVID-19

June 28, 2020 by Yerim Kim

How close are we to a cure? It has been almost half a year since COVID-19 was first diagnosed and spread throughout the world in a global…

The Revolutionary Alzheimer’s Disease Research at Yonsei University: A look inside Professor YoungSoo Kim’s laboratory

December 27, 2019 by Yerim Kim

Professor YoungSoo Kim of Underwood International College’s Bio-Convergence Major has been doing revolutionary research in the Alzheimer’s…

One Step Closer to Finding a Cure for Cancer

October 31, 2019 by Yerim Kim

On October 7, 2019, three scientists – Dr. William G. Kaelin Jr., Dr. Gregg L. Semenza and Dr. Peter J. Ratcliffe – shared a Nobel Prize in…

Genetically engineered embryos: Is this a reality?

May 16, 2019 by Yerim Kim

The world was shaken up when the news broke out that a Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, successfully genetically modified three babies. Two…

Will Paper Straws Salvage the Environment?

May 16, 2019 by Yurie Lee

South Korea consumed 98.2kg of plastic products per capita in 2016, dethroning the United States (97.7kg) as the world's greatest per-capita…

Choice Overload: Why is it so Hard to Choose?

November 28, 2018 by Yoojin Cho

Walking into a cafe, a familiar scene unfolds before us: a number of open-mouthed, wide-eyed people standing still nearby the cashier…

What is Korea’s Future Energy?

November 18, 2018 by Ye Eun Jeong

Even though South Korea is a top manufacturing country, South Korea cannot make electricity independently, and nuclear power plants are the…

Neuroevolution: Is the Impossible becoming Reality?

December 30, 2017 by Se Mi Park

In modern times, the environment portrayed in science fiction from the 20th century no longer holds extreme deviation from reality…