SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to postpone this week’s scheduled launch of its space rocket Nuri by one day over safety concerns due to strong winds at the launch site, the science ministry said Tuesday. Nuri was initially set to make its second launch attempt on Wednesday at Naro Space [...]
POHANG, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has developed an innovative power generator that can produce electric energy from a small number of water drops such as raindrops and dewdrops by using the ultra-fine surface structure of a lotus leaf. The prominent science school said Monday it had [...]
DAEJEON, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said its research team has developed a robot skin that can sense various external tactile stimuli and recover from injury when it is cut or damaged. By imitating the structure of human skin and the properties and composition of tactile [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean medical robot maker Curexo Inc. said Monday it has decided to invest US$3 million in U.S. robotic rehabilitation device maker Harmonic Bionics Inc. as part of efforts to tap into the American market. Curexo said it has made the decision with the aim of commercializing its “Morning [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first commercial Earth observation satellite has successfully entered into an orbit and communicated with its ground control station, Hancom InSpace Co. said Thursday. The communications took place at 10:11 p.m. local time (11:11 a.m. in Korean time), about eight hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Wednesday set June 15 as the second launch date of its homegrown space rocket Nuri, eight months after the first launch failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit. Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is set to lift off from the Naro Space Center in the [...]
DAEJEON, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said Monday it had developed a new method for purifying radioactively contaminated soil by using magnetic force separation technology. This method uses magnets to separate radioactive cesium from the soil. Cesium is most commonly detected in radioactively contaminated soil. Cesium is strongly combined [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it has named its first lunar orbiter scheduled to be launched in August Danuri. Danuri — a portmanteau of the Korean words for moon and enjoy — was chosen from a national naming contest held from Jan. 26 to Feb. 28. It was suggested by [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to set the launch date of next month’s second launch of Nuri, the country’s first homegrown space rocket, eight months after the failure of the first launch, officials said Monday. In October, Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, successfully flew to a target altitude of 700 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hancom InSpace Co., a South Korean aerospace tech company, said Wednesday that it plans to launch the country’s first commercial Earth observation satellite next week in the United States. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 25 [...]