SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists have developed a way to detect major diseases such as cancer or diabetes through respiration, a feat which can bring a seismic change to the methods of diagnosing patient illnesses, Seoul’s science ministry said Thursday. A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government has announced that 200 billion won will be invested in space exploration over the next three years. For the first time in Korean history, plans to explore the moon will be established. Through the project, a shuttle that will orbit the moon and a satellite that [...]
SEOUL, Feb.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Antibiotics are often taken to ‘cure’ certain symptoms that occur in the human body, such as inflammation. They are often prescribed as necessary treatment since they work quickly and seem to show actual progress in curing illnesses, but controversy has clouded the usage of antibiotics and their effects for a [...]
SEOUL, Feb.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Research indicates that depression is not caused because patients have weak hearts, but because they are vulnerable genetically and neurologically. Professor Ham Byung-ju and his team at the Korea University Hospital’s Department of Mental Health announced that they have determined that patients with relapsed depression have a certain weakness after [...]
SEOUL, Feb.19 (Korea Bizwire) – Might it be possible to grow potatoes on Mars like in the movie ‘The Martian’? According to AFP, NASA will conduct an experiment in Peru next month to examine the feasibility of growing potatoes on Mars. The experiment will be conducted in partnership with the Peruvian non-profit research organization CIP [...]
SEOUL, Feb.17 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that ant colonies maintain a certain number of ‘non-working ants’ to preserve their group. The colony can continue to exist as the ‘slacking off ants’ start working when all the other workers are too tired to continue their jobs. If all of a colony’s ants worked hard, the [...]
GOHEUNG, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea is on course to test launch its next-generation space rocket in late 2016 after it made headway in resolving a major technical obstacle that could have led to delays, the head of the country’s aerospace research institute said Sunday. In a meeting with reporters at the Naro Space [...]
SEOUL, Jan.28 (Korea Bizwire) – A telemedicine system that has voice recognition features has been revealed for the first time in Korea. The system makes it easier for senior citizens to benefit from telemedicine, and has also achieved better results in treating diabetes compared to conventional treatment. The U-Healthcare team at the Seoul National University [...]
SEJONG, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – A bacteria that lowers the toxicity of arsenic has been discovered. Arsenic is a poisonous heavy metal that is generated when metal is manufactured, and the new bacteria is expected to be used in restoring polluted soil around smelters or closed mines. The National Institute of Biological Resources and professor [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s science ministry said Wednesday it plans to launch a lunar exploration project next year, eventually seeking to send a landing vessel by 2020. Under the first stage of the project that will run from 2016 to 2018, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning will allocate [...]