Market Insights
Lessons learned from the rollout of 5G technology help guide 6G preparations
While it may seem like the 5G communications and data network has just been rolled out—and is, in fact, still in the process of being deployed—communications providers, governments, and researchers are already preparing for the sixth generation of wireless technology, or 6G. Compared to 5G, which aimed to expand the…
Bulletin Features
The synthetic data revolution: How AI is redefining quality control in ceramics manufacturing
The ceramics industry stands at the brink of a fundamental shift in how quality control is conceived, implemented, and scaled. For decades, the promise of artificial intelligence-powered inspection systems was held back by a persistent obstacle: the scarcity of high-quality data. This bottleneck made it difficult for ceramics manufacturers to…
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Global edge AI market
The global market for edge artificial intelligence was valued at $8.7 billion in 2024 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.9% to reach $56.8 billion by the end of 2030. Edge computing refers to data processing that occurs closer to where the data…
Research Insights
Unequal access, untapped potential: Reimagining global ceramic education
Some gaps in science are obvious. They are typically missing data, untested hypotheses, or outdated models. But others are more subtle and systemic, embedded in how we educate and train future scientists. As a materials science student from Ghana now conducting graduate research at the University of California, Davis, I…
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Sustainable transition of the semiconductor industry
The semiconductor industry is fundamental to contemporary technological advancement, powering everything from mobile phones and computers to electric vehicles and artificial intelligence applications. Semiconductor manufacturing is resource intensive, involving high energy consumption, extensive chemical use, and significant emissions of greenhouse gases, notably fluorinated gases, which possess a high global warming…
Research Insights
Toward a carbon-neutral country: Industrial decarbonization in Korea
Among the various approaches to mitigate carbon emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, the concept of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) has seen renewed interest in recent years (Figure 1).1 The core idea behind CCUS is to capture carbon dioxide before it is released into the atmosphere and either utilize…
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Engineering and processing of semiconductor materials
With many leading electronics manufacturers based in the country, it is only natural that the Republic of Korea has many researchers investigating the functional and structural properties of semiconductor materials as well as developing and refining fabrication methods to improve device manufacturing and reduce production costs. Recent articles published in…
Bulletin Features
On the shoulders of giants: Glass developments by great scientific minds
It is commonly accepted that the scientific study of glass did not begin in earnest until the 19th century with the pioneering work of Otto Schott. Although this statement is strictly correct—the work had to wait for the formal development of physics and chemistry—it is also understood that glass had…
