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New Laser Technology to Prevent Counterfeit Crimes

New Laser Technology to Prevent Counterfeit Crimes

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials announced Wednesday that researchers have developed a new engraving technology, using lasers, to prevent counterfeit crimes of expensive goods such as high-end watches or gold.  According to senior researcher Noh Ji-whan, by overlapping two separate laser beams, the team was able to [...]

Korea Succeeds in Producing X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

Korea Succeeds in Producing X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the United States and Japan, Korea has become the third country to successfully produce an ‘x-ray free-electron laser’ (XFEL), often referred to as the “dream light”.  According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Pohang Accelerator Laboratory has succeeded [...]

NASA Beams “Hello, World!” Video from Space via Laser

NASA Beams “Hello, World!” Video from Space via Laser

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to Earth Thursday using a new laser communications instrument. Transmission of “Hello, World!” as a video message was the first 175-megabit communication for the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS), a technology demonstration that allows NASA to [...]