SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent its first-ever photos of the surface of the moon after starting orbiting Earth’s natural satellite a month ago, the state space research center said Monday. Danuri, which entered the selenocentric orbit on Dec. 27 after 145 days of traveling from Earth, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An innovative membrane that can convert industrial wastewater into drinking water as well as produce electricity has been developed by South Korean scientists. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Myongji University announced on Tuesday that they had developed a new membrane that can purify a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Science and Technology announced the development of new technology that can produce electrical energy by adapting itself to various vibrations generated in surrounding environments. A research team from the institute developed an energy harvester that can convert resonant frequencies for itself depending on changes in [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new technique for detecting prostate and pancreatic cancer by analyzing urine samples. A joint research team from the Korea Institute of Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and Kyung Hee University announced on Wednesday that it had developed a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The third launch of Nuri, the country’s first homegrown space rocket, will be held in early May, following last year’s successful second test-firing, the state space institute said Tuesday. “A launch management team will be formed in late March, and Nuri will be fired in early May as planned,” [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology said Tuesday it has developed a new technology that can extend the driving distance of electric vehicles by enabling the realization of a high-performance lithium metal battery with higher energy storage capacity. The research team developed a new lithium battery with a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent back photos of Earth and the moon after reaching the moon’s orbit last month, the state space research center said Tuesday. The orbiter performed three rounds of lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuvers from Dec. 17 to lower its speed and commit [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s ICT ministry said Thursday that a joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul National University and Stanford University in the U.S. had succeeded in developing an intelligent electronic skin. The types of electronic skin developed so far are inconvenient since they are large [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Science and Technology said Wednesday it has developed a new technology that can replace high-temperature, high-pressure energy used for the production of hydrogen peroxide with photovoltaic energy, thus improving overall productivity. Hydrogen peroxide is a core material used in chip production. However, a stable supply of hydrogen peroxide is uncertain due to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has successfully entered the orbit of the moon earlier than planned, the science ministry said Wednesday. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, was captured by the moon’s gravity on Tuesday and began rotation, according to the Ministry of Science and [...]