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Nano-sized Hydrogel Capturing Nitrogen Monoxide
Nano-sized Hydrogel Capturing Nitrogen Monoxide
Nitrogen monoxide is a double-edged sword. Just enough of it will prevent blood pressure elevation and occluded artery, but once too much of it is accumulated, it causes inflammatory diseases such as lupus, Crohn disease, and rheumatism.Professor Kim Won-jong (CHEM) at POSTECH and his research team has created a Nano-sized hydrogel that effectively captures nitrogen monoxide inside a body utilizing a cross linking agent that reacts to nitrogen mo...
Thermally stable Metal-silica Nanoparticles Synthesized
Thermally stable Metal-silica Nanoparticles Synthesized
The research team led by professor Lee In-su (CHEM) developed a thermally stable eccentric metal-silica core-shell nanoparticles synthesis method that can control core positions of nanoparticles without having to change the size of the particles.Hybrid nanoparticles synthesized with metal can be utilized in various fields such as manufacturing drugs that can treat incurable diseases or catalysts that control reaction turning carbon monoxide to ca...
General Elective Courses in and out of POSTECH
General Elective Courses in and out of POSTECH
Postechians who entered before 2017 should earn 15 credits in General Elective courses and Postechians who entered after 2018 should earn 18 credits. In other words, all Postechians should take five or six General Elective courses to graduate. Every regular semester, more than 30 General Elective courses are available for them, which are available for about 2000 students in total. The total number of students who can take General Elective courses...
Subminimum Wage for the Disabled
Subminimum Wage for the Disabled
In 2019, the minimum hourly wage increased from 7,530 KRW in 2018 to 8,350 KRW, which is approximately a 10.9% increase. The hourly wage of 8,350 KRW amounts to 1,745,150 KRW per month for full-time employment (40 hours per week with holidays included). The national minimum wage is in place to protect low-income employees by forcing the employers to pay at least the amount that is set by the minimum wage. Although the burdens of low-income worker...
Fintech, Simple Payments and Regulations
Fintech, Simple Payments and Regulations
Lately, financial technology, or “Fintech” has innovated payment methods. Many online payment systems that support online money transfers and serve as an electronic alternative to traditional payment methods have appeared. In the U.S.A. and China, simple payment services such as “Paypal” and “Alipay” have been widely used by the public, and in Korea many similar services such as “Samsung pay”, “Kakao pay”. are increasing their market shares. ‘Sim...