ULSAN, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans may share the same ancestors as Vietnamese, if we go back far enough. Life sciences professor Bhak Jong-hwa from UNIST, who is also the director of UNIST’s Genomics Institute, announced Thursday the results of a study on the ancient DNA of two 7,700-year-old women discovered in the Devil’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s science ministry said Thursday that it will spend 315.7 billion won (US$273.7 million) this year to develop new bio technology, as part of efforts to become a global biotech and medical industry hub. The 2017 budget, a 31.4 percent jump from a year earlier, is aimed at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of cosmetic surgeons from Seoul National University Hospital announced Thursday that it has developed a microchip modeled after human skin. The chip is about 1 centimeter in diameter, and includes the epidermis (outer skin layer) and the derma (inner skin layer). It was developed by growing human [...]
GWANGJU, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint team of researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and MIT have developed a lithium-ion battery with double the existing battery life and quadruple the capacity of typical existing products. According to the team, once commercialized, the battery could extend the maximum single charge driving [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Korea University scientists has developed technology to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic gas, or syngas, using water and sunlight, announced the National Research Foundation of Korea on Thursday. Synthetic gas is a fuel gas mixture consisting mainly of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. It can be used [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Korean scientists has successfully developed an artificial liver, based on pig liver, that can be used for human transplants. The breakthrough was part of the Woo Jang-choon Project, named after a renowned Korean botanist and agricultural scientist of the same name, conducted jointly by researchers from [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Korean scientists led by KAIST professor Bae Hag-youl announced Thursday that it has developed a water-disposable, non-volatile resistive random access memory (RRAM) chip using a water soluble SSG (solid sodium with glycerine) paper. In a nutshell, the device dissolves in a matter of seconds once it [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Contrary to popular belief, dandruff – dead skin cells from the scalp – is not contagious. The condition is caused by fungal bacteria that are present in almost everyone’s scalp. Yet, there’s no denying the fact that it can be stressful for people who suffer from dandruff more frequently [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention confirmed Wednesday the presence in Korea of a “super bacteria” gene – Mobile Colistin Resistance-1 (MCR-1) – that is resistant to last-resort antibiotics. Three cases of the genes were found, according to the KCDC, after testing 9,300 samples of intestinal bacteria [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists has developed an eco-friendly technology to manufacture hazard-free plastics with green algae blooms that are considered a major environment concern here, the maritime ministry said Tuesday. The team led by Park Jin-byung of Ewha Womans University developed the technology to extract lipids from [...]