SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday that South Korea will land a spacecraft on the moon in 2032 and begin exploring lunar resources under its ambitious roadmap for a “future space economy.” Under the long-term plan, South Korea aims to land a spacecraft on Mars in 2045, when the nation [...]
CHONAN, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology said Thursday its research team had developed a fire-extinguishing grenade using gas hydrate to help put out fires at hard-to-access sites in a fast and accurate manner. Gas hydrate is an ice-shaped material that contains gas molecules such as methane within water molecules. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have discovered a way to predict the antibiotic functionality of peptides using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. A joint research team from the National Institute of Biological Resources and Dongguk University announced that it had developed a deep learning-based peptide detection model that can predict antibiotic functionality [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Tuesday that its researchers had developed a wearable green organic light-emitting diode (OLED) that can cure jaundice in infants. Previously, when jaundice is treated at hospitals, breastfeeding should be stopped and the eyes of infants should be fully covered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent texts and images from space to Earth, successfully completing its long distance data transmission tests, the science ministry said Monday. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, underwent data transmission tests on Aug. 25 and Oct. 28 from 1.21 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed an electronic skin that can measure pressure with more sensitivity than human skin, and with a larger measurement area. KAIST said Thursday that researchers had developed a new electronic skin designed to be used on robots. Compared to [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources said Wednesday its researchers had developed a new recycling process for waste coffee capsules. The research team crushed and washed waste coffee capsules composed of plastics (97.3 percent) and aluminum (2.7 percent) to remove coffee residue. With a secondary crushing process [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research lab said Thursday it has developed a new additive to improve the flame resistance of rechargeable batteries. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced that the newly-developed fluorosulfuric acid-based flame resistance additive features superior flame resistance and safety compared to existing triphenyl phosphate (TPP) flame [...]
POHANG, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has developed a smart window that enables users to freely adjust the amount of sunlight penetration even at a low voltage. POSTECH said Thursday that the newly-developed smart window allows users to adjust the degree of brightness. When you are dazzled [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed molecular sensor can quickly diagnose the infection of avian influenza. A joint research team from Korea University and Seoul National University announced Thursday that it had developed EliF, a molecular sensor that glows only in cells infected with the bird flu. Previously, a polymerase chain reaction [...]