ULSAN, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) said Wednesday it had developed a solar hydrogen production technology using the electrons generated during the process of creating useful chemical compounds made of tree residues. A research team from the university used a molybdenum-based material, phosphomolybdic acid (PMA), as a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state research institute said Wednesday that it has built the country’s deepest underground research facility in a move to unlock the mysteries of the universe. The Yemi Lab — located 1,100 meters underground Mount Yemi in the eastern Gangwon Province — will officially open next year, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to cancel plans to launch satellites using Russian rockets later this year amid the international community’s sanctions on Russia’s space program over the Ukrainian war, a government document showed Wednesday. The government had planned to launch the Korea Multipurpose Satellite 6, known as the Arirang [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Thursday it had developed an innovative adhesive by mixing wine’s tannic acid with a biocompatible high polymer. Mixing a soluble high polymer with tannic acid generates a coacervate that is sticky like a jelly. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has successfully undergone a trajectory correction maneuver (TCM), a critical procedure in the lunar orbiter’s travel to the moon for the country’s first lunar mission. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, was launched last month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists has completed the development of key testing equipment for SPHEREx, the world’s first all-sky spectral space telescope being constructed under the leadership of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), South Korea’s science ministry said Wednesday. The team led by Jeong Woong-seob [...]
DAEJEON, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Wednesday it had developed new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can automatically decode chest X-ray images, identifying illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumothorax and COVID-19. In collaboration with a domestic hospital, the research team developed a new AI algorithm featuring [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior official of the U.S. space agency has said he was “very impressed” by South Korea’s technical astuteness, as aerospace engineers of the two countries were working together to launch South Korea’s first lunar orbiter mission next month. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) — also known as [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday that it will launch a brain bank designation system to enable brain science researchers to make use of research resources. The government stipulated details on the qualifications and procedures for the designation of brain banks and the management of brain research [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday started transporting the country’s first lunar orbiter to the United States ahead of next month’s launch using a SpaceX rocket, officials said. South Korea plans to launch the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also known as Danuri, aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral [...]