[Science Bulletin] South Korea launches new program to merge science with culture, and more.

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■ The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC) introduced on the twenty second that they may launch a new ‘Researcher-Culture Connection’ program to broaden science experiences in folks’s day by day lives. The objective is to allow the general public to acquire helpful scientific data whereas having fun with tradition and arts. The program is split into ‘Researcher Curation’ for cultural and inventive amenities reminiscent of museums, artwork galleries, and libraries, and ‘Science Lounge’ for interest golf equipment. Cultural and inventive amenities or science and expertise researchers wishing to take part can apply to KOFAC in the course of the three-week announcement interval from April 22 to May 15. Detailed data and submission kinds could be discovered within the undertaking bulletins on the MSIT web site (msit.go.kr) or the KOFAC web site (www.kosac.re.kr).

■ The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) introduced on the twenty second that it’ll maintain the ‘seventh KMA Sweet Climate Contest,’ the place residents can specific the scientific which means of local weather change by way of varied kinds reminiscent of textual content, drawings, and movies. The contest will probably be promoted from April 23 to June 12 on the KMA web site (kma.go.kr), the Climate Information Portal (local weather.go.kr), and Sotong24 (sotong.go.kr), and is open to all Korean residents by way of a devoted software channel. The contest themes are greenhouse gases, candy local weather, and future climate. ‘Sweet local weather’ refers to the concept one can both profit or undergo from local weather change relying on the energetic software of local weather change science. The contest classes are design (drawings, calligraphy), story (four-line poems), and video (short-form). An AI video class has been newly established this 12 months.

■ The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) introduced on the twenty second that Dr. Kwak So-na, a senior researcher on the Center for Intelligence and Interaction, obtained a Special Recognition Award from ACM SIGCHI, a tutorial society within the discipline of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), on the worldwide convention ‘CHI 2026’ held in Barcelona, Spain on April 15. Dr. Kwak has been proposing a new design paradigm within the HCI and robotic product design fields, increasing the idea of robots from single machines to ‘robotic merchandise’ built-in into on a regular basis objects and environments. “This is a result of international recognition for the importance of human-centered robot design and industry-academia collaboration research,” mentioned Dr. Kwak.

■ The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) introduced on the twenty second that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on the twenty first to set up a cooperation heart for hydrogen vitality manufacturing and utilization expertise. The settlement goals to strengthen cooperation in hydrogen and vitality expertise to reply to the local weather disaster and obtain carbon neutrality. Discussions centered on joint analysis plans centered on the most recent analysis tendencies in reliability engineering and system reliability evaluation expertise primarily based on Virtual Product Development (VPD). They additionally specified plans for a sensible cooperative framework, together with sharing present joint analysis outcomes and increasing long-term collaboration. “In addition to securing core technologies like carbon-free gas turbines, KIMM will continue to expand its global research cooperation network to enhance the competitiveness of domestic machinery technology and create international joint research achievements,” mentioned KIMM President Ryu Seok-hyun.

■ The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and SGI Seoul Guarantee introduced on the twenty second that they signed a ‘Business Agreement for Building a Settlement Ecosystem for Regional R&D Talent’ on the SGI Seoul Guarantee headquarters on the afternoon of April 21. The core of the settlement is to set up a coverage security internet to stop the drain of extremely educated R&D expertise from regional universities to the Seoul metropolitan space and to assist them settle stably inside their areas, in line with the Ministry of Education’s restructuring of the Regional Innovation System & Education (RISE). Through this settlement, the 2 organizations plan to set up a virtuous cycle by encouraging the inflow and settlement of high-level expertise within the areas.

■ The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) introduced on the twenty second that it’s recruiting for the ‘seventh KERITOR’ cohort to uncover and nurture promising tech-based startups. KERITOR is a portmanteau of KERI and Accelerator, referring to pre- and early-stage entrepreneurs who take part within the Changwon InnoTown’s startup assist program and dream of success with KERI. The common recruitment interval for the seventh KERITOR cohort is till May 12. Applicants could be pre-entrepreneurs with glorious technological capabilities or early-stage startups lower than 7 years outdated. Recruitment is split right into a specialised discipline (electrical propulsion methods) and a common discipline (tech-based fields aside from the specialised space). For detailed software strategies and data, refer to the discover on the KERI web site (keri.re.kr) or contact the KERI Technology Startup Office (055-280-1061).