SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Scientists have discovered a way to use light to control immune responses, opening new horizons for the development of antibody treatment methods to combat various illnesses, a state research institute said Tuesday. A team headed by Heo Won-do at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology used a [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Many films worldwide continue to express womanhood in a stereotypical manner, a recent study has showed. A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that 40 movies from Hollywood and South Korea screened between 2017 and 2018 depicted women to be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — New advancements from South Korean researchers should soon allow smartphone users to simply knock on an object using their phone to automatically determine what type of object it is. It is expected that this technology will be used for new services such as tapping a smartphone against a water [...]
CHEONAN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Special school bus cushions developed in South Korea that send the status of children entering and leaving school vehicles to smartphones in real time and sound a warning if children are left behind will be exported to Vietnam. According to the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) Tuesday, Vietnam’s [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Organ chips’ are rising as a new alternative that can replace lab experiments on animals. Organ chip technology recreates cells that form the blood vessels, lungs, liver, and other human organs in 3D, which are placed on a microfluidic chip to test pharmaceutical reactions in an environment similar to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A “Direct Conversion Technology of Non-oxidative Methane” owned only by the U.S. and China has been developed by Korean researchers. Analysts say it will change the landscape of the global petrochemical industry. A research team from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) said on Tuesday that it [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has successfully used unmanned drones to determine the spread and population of Arctic birds. A team of researchers at the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) said Tuesday that they had found pink-footed geese and ringed plover brooding eggs in the 82-degree north Greenland Sirius [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An international research consortium has proven that robots can be used in the effective rehabilitation of persons with cerebral palsy. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), which took part in the consortium, developed robot-based technology that can be used to conduct sense and movement training for persons [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a robotic arm that can automatically finish molding processes, which are usually completed manually. A research team from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) said Wednesday that it has succeeded in increasing the joint rigidity of robots with a special design. In [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will push back the development date of its lunar orbiter by less than two years to July 2022 and increase the size of the probe to enhance the probe’s capabilities and reflect the requests of local scientists, the science ministry said Tuesday. The delay comes amid the [...]