SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s launch of its first homegrown space rocket ended in “half-success” Thursday, but it will likely prompt the country to double its efforts to join the global space club with its homegrown rocket technology. The KSLV-II, also known as Nuri, carried a 1.5-ton dummy satellite after being blasted [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched a 16.2 billion-won (US$13.9 million) project to develop a space weather forecast system by 2024 to ensure the stable operations of military assets, such as high-altitude drones, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said it signed a contract [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Energy Research said on Thursday that its research team had developed a new enzymatic process that can produce bio fuels and plastics using agricultural waste. The newly-developed enzymatic process can produce 4-hydroxy valeric acid, an intermediate ingredient for bio fuels and bio plastics, using non-edible [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists have developed a new biodegradable material that can replace microplastics used in cleansing and cosmetics products. A joint research from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology and the Pohang University of Science and Technology announced on Wednesday that it had developed a candidate [...]
CHANGWON, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean researchers have developed new technology that can ensure the safe long-term storage of gaseous hydrogen by liquefying it at an extremely low temperature of -253 degrees Celsius. The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute said Wednesday that it had developed ‘Zero Boil-Off’ technology that enables long-term storage and production of [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Industry-academia research collaboration will be pursued to develop an eco-friendly battery that is free from carbon emissions. The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) said Thursday that it will invest 11.4 billion won (US$9.54 million) over the next five years to develop a solvent-free lithium ion battery dry process [...]
CHANGWON, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a new technology that enables wearable electronic devices to produce and supply electricity for themselves by acting as their own power sources. The state-run institute announced on Thursday the development of an integrated technology comprised of a self-charging nano generator that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will launch its first homegrown space rocket next month as it is in the final stages of preparations, the science ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the rocket, Nuri, will lift off Oct. 21 as scheduled at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, an institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, said Tuesday that it had developed a flexible, stretchable battery that bends and stretches like a snake. With a mechanical structure resembling a snake’s scales, the new battery can easily [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to develop and launch an indigenous solid-propellant space rocket by 2024, officials said Thursday, following the successful combustion test of its engine in July. According to the defense ministry, the state-run Agency for Defense Development successfully conducted the combustion test of a solid-propellant engine for space [...]