At 2 p.m. January 19, Soyeon Ryu was pouring a reagent contained in a beaker—a little at a time—into her testing equipment at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. The 45-year-old researcher resumed her career only two years ago after spending 17 years as a full-time housewife.
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