A Korean research team has found a way to observe nano particles using normal microscopes. The Ministry of Education and Science has confirmed that Professor Yi Jongheop of the SNU School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professor Kang Tae Wook of Seogang University and Professor Choi Yeon Ho of Korea University...

Through joint research with the Rural Development Administration (RDA), Professor KIM Heebal (SNU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) has discovered that particular genes of swine are related to human abdominal obesity. The team compared chromosome 6 of swine with chromosome 1 of humans and found that eight out o...

After conducting microsurgical varicocelectomy on patients with clinical varicocele, the Male Infertility Team of the Department of Urology at SNU Hospital (headed by Professors KIM Soo Woong and PAICK Jae-Seung) announced on May 17 that they have discovered such treatment to significantly improve the concentration and...

SHIN Eun-Hee, professor of Medicine specializing in Parasitology, and her research team discovered that the injection of Toxoplasma Gondii, a typical parasite found in cells, had a cancer deterrence effect on mice as their immune response strengthened. From this the ‘hygiene hypothesis’ which theorizes a correlation be...

YI Jongheop, professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and his research team have succeeded in developing a new technique to separate hydrogen (H) from water (H2O) using the sun’s visible rays and the principle plant photosynthesis. Professor Yi observed that “the application of this technique will make solar en...

SHIN Hye-jin, a post doctoral researcher at SNU College of Education surveyed 4,400 parents to analyze the relations between children's educational achievements and mothers' ability to get timely information. There have been a common belief that a parent’s access to education-related information will determine the pres...

SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies held an academic symposium with the subject of “Seeking Unification and Thinking of Peace,” celebrating the fifth anniversary of the institute, on April 29. The Symposium, which was held in the Press Center in Jung-gu Seoul, proceeded in two sessions, in which “Unificatio...

LEE Sang-Mook, professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, established a new joint major, “Computational Science” particularly designed for physically handicapped students. Computational Science is a study in which natural phenomena is computed using simulations. Professor Lee disabled himself a few years ago&n...

SNU Bundang Hospital is now equipped with an operation system that can save the lives of patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). AMI is a disease which blocks one or more of the coronary arteries, most likely leading to a heart attack. In a case of AMI, the patient must have the arteries opened within 12 ...

Professor SUH Yoon Hyun at the College of Medicine and Professor KIM Sung Jun at the College of Engineering have succeeded in raising two times more stem cell by using electricity only. They developed special electric chips which significantly saved the time and cost to rai...

CHEON Jung Hee, SNU Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, received the Best Thesis Award from the Korean Mathematical Society (KMS) .

SNU Dental Hospital cured the patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome due to snoring by inserting a unique equipment inside of their mouths. The hospital explains the cause of snoring are from having too narrow airways. Snoring, which causes chronic fatigue, loss of concentration, and headaches, can be...