DAEGU, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Brain Research Institute is opening a new animal experiment facility for brain research that will be the largest of its kind in Korea. According to the institute, workers are now putting the finishing touches on the equipment in the ‘behavior analysis zone’ at the Animal Experiment Center, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government’s spending on research and development (R&D) projects advanced 7 percent in 2015 from a year earlier, data showed Sunday, with the science ministry being the top beneficiary of the investment. According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of neuropsychiatry scientists from Seoul National University Hospital in Bundang has developed a standard brain model for Korea’s elderly population, after analyzing the MRI results of 96 citizens over the age of 60 without brain-related illnesses. According to the team, the shape and size of an average [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will require all registrations of embryonic stem cells to have consent forms from donors and a sample of their biological material on file to block unethical conduct in the research process, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Friday. The new regulation, effective from the day, obligates [...]
ULSAN, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced on July 21 that it would explore hyperloop technology first suggested by Elon Musk in 2013 to develop a futuristic ‘Dream Train’ that could connect Seoul and Busan in less than 16 minutes. To participate in what has become a global research trend [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Open innovation’ refers to a company’s innovative means to develop a new product or service by sharing and accepting new knowledge and ideas from other companies or start-ups that have developed groundbreaking technology. The practice is becoming increasingly common in the Korean pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. In the past, innovations were [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, will start supplying lithium-ion batteries for NASA’s spacesuits in the second half of the year, the company said Monday. The contract with NASA marked the first such deal for a Korean company, LG Chem said. LG Chem said its new battery’s [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent international research endeavor has led to the identification of 16 genes that are responsible for increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, an advancement that could represent a key step forward in understanding, preventing, and treating the disease. Over 300 scientists from 22 countries collaborated on the [...]
UIJEONGBU, South Korea, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a research paper entitled, ‘Analysis of Human DNA Recovered from Mosquitoes’ written by Kim Young-sam, a medical examiner from the Forensic Investigation Team at the Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Policy Agency, the use of mosquito blood to identify human DNA of possible criminals is being introduced as [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of scientists from KIST (the Korea Institute of Science and Technology) has revealed prototype components of a new device that might ultimately be used to develop a contact lens-like diabetes sensor that would use teardrops to diagnose diabetes. The final product will measure the glucose concentration in [...]