JEONJU, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology has been developed that can address the shortcomings of perovskite solar cells, including the reduction in lifespan and environmental pollution caused by lead. A research team from Jeonbuk National University said Thursday it had developed a lead-free, eco-friendly perovskite solar cell using a tin-graphene compound material. The [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) said Wednesday that it will launch a new web-based service to enable users to check their exposure to space radiation during air travel. When users input the date of travel, arrival and departure airports and cities on the KASI’s prediction model [...]
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 [...]