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Scientists create new nanostructure with peptides

Apr 19, 2018

A group of South Korean scientists has used amino acids and peptides to create a new type of nanostructure that can be utilized in various industries, a joint university-company team said Thursday....
Korea to send more scientists to int'l nuclear fusion reactor project: govt.

Mar 28, 2018

Korea said Wednesday it will send more scientists to an international consortium for the building of a nuclear fusion reactor so as to help build its own clean energy facility down the road. The Min...
[Graphic News] Korea ranks 7th in science, technology capabilities

Feb 27, 2018

South Korea’s science and technology capabilities ranked seventh last year among the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a state-run think tan...
Biggest Supermoon of year to light up Seoul sky this weekend

Nov 29, 2017

The biggest supermoon of this year is set to brighten up Seoul sky around midnight on Sunday, a state-run maritime research agency said Wednesday. According to Korea Astronomy and Space Science Inst...
Gene editing meeting to open in Seoul

Sept 26, 2017

Genome editing experts from around the globe will get together in Seoul later this week to introduce and share their new genome engineering technologies, organizers said Tuesday. "The IBS-Nature Con...
[Graphic News] The colors of fall

Sept 24, 2017

Leaves use carbohydrates (sugars) to continually produce chlorophyll, which makes the leaves green; the chemical absorbs the blue and orange components of sunlight and converts them into energy for t...
KAERI promotes SMART reactors at IAEA meeting

Sept 19, 2017

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said Tuesday that it promoted its SMART reactor for export to third countries at the ongoing assembly of the international nuclear watchdog in Vienna. The ...
Korean-American scholars discover mechanism that may hold key to preventing autism

Sept 14, 2017

Two Korean-American scholars have identified a mechanism in mice that links autism in offspring to a mother’s gut infection during pregnancy, in a discovery that could one day help prevent the develo...
30% of state-supported infertility treatment successful

Aug 30, 2017

About three out of 10 infertility treatments funded partly by the government have been successful, with the number of recipients getting support increasing every year, a report from the health minist...
Women scientists to meet in Seoul

Aug 29, 2017

The International Conference of Women Scientists and Engineers will open in Seoul this week with some 550 participants discussing the theme "shaping the future," organizers said Tuesday. (Yonhap) T...
World Veterinary Congress opens to discuss health of humans, animals, environment

Aug 28, 2017

Thousands of veterinarians gathered Monday in Incheon, west of Seoul, to discuss ways to enhance the health of humans, animals and the environment around the world. In a speech opening the 33rd Worl...
Over 80% of airborne bacteria identical in Seoul, Beijing: report

Aug 28, 2017

About 83 percent of airborne bacteria found in airborne pollutants like PM 2.5 in South Korea and China overlap, a study found Monday, suggesting that Korea’s fine dust particles may have originated ...
Govt. animal quarantine agency acquires know-how to make bird flu vaccine

Aug 27, 2017

South Korea's animal quarantine agency said Sunday that is has acquired know-how to make its own bird flu vaccines. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency said that it has developed candidate vaccin...
Korea's animal quarantine agency develops diagnosis kit for FMD

Aug 27, 2017

South Korea's animal quarantine agency said Sunday that its has developed the world's first diagnosis kit that can simultaneously check three different types of foot-and-mouth disease strains. The k...
New science official refuses to step down

Aug 10, 2017

President Moon Jae-in's newly appointed senior science innovation official said Thursday that she will not step down from the post amid growing calls for her resignation due to her involvement in a s...