SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — All 12 cube satellites deployed by South Korea’s homegrown rocket Nuri last month have established communication with ground stations, their developers said Monday, setting a new milestone following the successful fourth launch of the space rocket. The 200-ton Nuri blasted off from Naro Space Center in the country’s southern [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have developed a new method for producing fuel cell catalysts that dramatically cuts manufacturing time and improves durability, the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) said Thursday. The technique replaces conventional copper-based coating methods with a carbon monoxide–assisted process that allows researchers to form precise metal thin [...]
POHANG, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Mercury released from industrial activities in Asia is traveling across the atmosphere and accumulating in marine organisms throughout the Pacific, including tuna, a staple fish consumed worldwide, according to new research led by South Korean scientists. POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) said Wednesday that its environmental engineering team, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Nuri rocket is set to lift off before dawn on Nov. 27 carrying 13 satellites, a diverse payload that underscores the country’s expanding ambitions in science, commercial space ventures and next-generation technology. According to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the fourth Nuri launch will carry the 516-kilogram [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new South Korean study has found that heavy metals contained in indoor fine dust can worsen atopic dermatitis in dogs, highlighting growing concerns about environmental health risks for household pets. The National Research Foundation of Korea said Wednesday that a research team led by Professor Kim Ha-jung of Chonnam [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have developed a new organic solid electrolyte film that could accelerate the commercialization of lithium metal batteries, offering a major advance in safety and energy efficiency, researchers said Tuesday. A research team led by Professor Byun Hye-ryung at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top science institute has unveiled new research that uses artificial intelligence to interpret how climate and urban environments affect city life, as global interest grows in applying data-driven tools to urban policymaking. KAIST’s Urban AI Lab said Wednesday it presented joint findings with the MIT Senseable City Lab [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched a new round of plasma experiments on its homegrown nuclear fusion device, KSTAR, as part of a broader push to accelerate the development of fusion energy, researchers said Monday. KSTAR — short for Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research — is a superconducting research reactor designed to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remains one of only two major economies — alongside Japan — where large and small firms receive markedly different levels of tax incentives for research and development (R&D) and where unclaimed credits cannot be directly refunded, according to a new analysis by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — In a breakthrough that could transform the petrochemical industry, a South Korean research team has developed a sustainable technology to produce key industrial chemicals without using petroleum. KAIST announced Sunday that Distinguished Professor Lee Sang-yup of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor Han Soon-kyu of the Department [...]