SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has started to produce a prototype of a fuel tank for a space launch vehicle using 3D metal printing technology. The new tank made by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology is designed to have a bulkhead structure in which a tank is placed [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it will develop over 100 miniature satellites over the next decade with the aim of establishing a national security monitoring system and testing next generation network communications in its latest push to strengthen its space industry. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it would [...]
DAEJEON, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly introduced technology can locate the source of sound more precisely and quickly, raising hopes that it might be used to find survivors in the mountains or in other emergency situations. A joint research team from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science and Pohang University of [...]
SUWON, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed an ‘e-tattoo’ that can produce electricity when affixed to human skin or a soft robot and then touched. The research team from Ajou University said Monday that it had developed an e-tattoo sticker by creating a nanofiber paper made of silk protein, [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will pursue the development of solid fuel space rockets spearheaded by the private sector, expanding its space program from its focus on state-led development of liquid engine rockets, the science ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it will support companies to develop and [...]
CHEONAN, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists have developed a new technology that can remove 99 percent of bacteria in the air using plasma. At present, plasma is used in areas like semiconductor processing and the medical industry. The core of technology development is to reduce the amount of ozone [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea unveiled Tuesday a fully assembled model of its homegrown space rocket for the first time since the country started its development in 2010 as it conducts final testing procedures before its launch later this year. South Korea has earmarked 2 trillion won (US$1.8 billion) to develop its [...]
BUSAN, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has succeeded in developing a portable electronic nose system that can sense the level of freshness of fruit at agricultural wholesale markets simply by smell. Pusan National University said Monday that researchers had developed a nano-bioelectronic nose system that can detect the level of [...]
DAEJEON, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists have developed a wireless electronic patch that can diagnose diseases by analyzing the chemical composition of an individual’s sweat, as well as the excretion rate, in real time. Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) and Sungkyunkwan University said [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry on Tuesday released observation images taken by the country’s next-generation midsized satellite launched earlier this year as the country expands its space program. The 540-kilogram satellite was launched into space on Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 22 to conduct [...]