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Korean MIT student fiber for neural signal

Park Seong-jun, a Korean graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has developed a fiber that can deliver neural signals to the brain through the spinal cord, according to the institute, Thursday. The fiber is expected to be used to improve functionality of artificial limbs. Park and his research team said they will make the fiber more stable and better...

Science | 2017-03-30 13:56

S. Korea eyes 'swarming drone warfare'

The South Korean Army is considering using drones equipped with explosives, an army official said Sunday. The army plans to carry out extensive research into “military swarming, which is already in operational use in the U.S., China and Russia, to our ground and naval operations,” the official said. The battlefield tactic uses dispersed combat units to attack designated targe...

Science | 2017-03-12 15:27

Korean physicists observe 'time crystal'

Two Korean physicists and their research team observed an exotic atomic state called “time crystal.” The theoretical concept has been realized through experiments for the first time in the world five years after it was suggested. Choi Joon-hee and Choi Soon-won, Korean graduate students at Harvard University, have worked with researchers including Mikhail Lukin and Renate Lan...

Science | 2017-03-09 17:40

Hanwha Group continues recruiting young talented scientists

Hanwha Group will hold the Hanwha Science Challenge, a contest helping youths develop and strengthen their creativity in science. It will receive applications until April 2 from high school students accompanied by their teachers who want to participate in the annual contest. Now in its seventh year, the Hanwha Science Challenge is a part of the group's corporate social respon...

Science | 2017-02-27 16:56

Korean scientists add value to 'dream substance'

Researchers here have developed a synthesis method for a new type of graphene that will benefit new applications including seawater desalination, according to Samsung Electronics and Sungkyunkwan University, Sunday. Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) researchers and Sunkyunkwan University’s advanced materials science and engineering professors have jointly researched the original technology to synthesize the large-area monatomic amorphous graphene allotrope on germanium semiconductor wafers.

Science | 2017-02-12 15:44

Research reveals Koreans' genetic roots

Genome analysis of human DNA from the Neolithic era has revealed for the first time that modern Korean people have genetic roots with an ancient people from the Russian far east and southern Asia, according to Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Wednesday. The Genomics Institute of UNIST’s biomedical engineering department, international archeologists,...

Science | 2017-02-02 04:00

Desert-raised shrimps highlight Korean farming tech

In October 2016, in Algeria’s Sahara Desert, people cheered and clapped as they looked at the world’s first shrimps farmed in the desert. The five-tons of shrimps, each weighing 20 grams on average, showed that it is possible to mass-produce shrimps in an area offering only sand and wind. The breakthrough is the work of Korea’s National Institute of Fisheries Science.

Science | 2017-01-30 17:25

New herbal root composite relieves arthritis symptom

Naturalendo Tech’s patented composite, consisting of cynanchum wilfordii and various other herbal roots, has been found to relieve a symptom of osteoarthritis, a joint disease common in elderly women, the company said Thursday citing a recent study.

Science | 2017-01-20 15:40

KAIST researcher develops eco-friendly water decomposition tech

A team of scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed an eco-friendly way to dissolve water into oxygen and hydrogen, the institute said Thursday.

Science | 2017-01-19 16:58

Nothing is useless -- even appendix

According to the research, the appendix may actually serve as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria to ensure that not all this healthy bacteria is lost in the unfortunate case of diarrhea, according to British newspaper The Independent. As a result, it may take individuals without an appendix longer to recover from intestinal illness.

Science | 2017-01-14 19:45

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