Dr. Jang Ik-soon at the Korea Basic Science Institute and professor Yeo Eui-ju at the Medical School of Gacheon University announced on February 23 that they found PPKO (phenyl 2-pyridyl ketoxime), a compound that accelerates aging, in an extracellular matrix surrounding an old fibroblast and define

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) of Korea announced on Feb. 18 that it has co-developed ATSC 3.0, a next-generation transmission platform, with CleverLogic for the first time in the world, and successfully conducted its field test at VHF station in Cleveland, Ohio, al

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) President Ha Sung-yong has strengthened the partnership with Lockheed Martin Corp. in order to win new aircraft export orders.KAI, South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer, announced on Feb. 17 that Ha participated in “Singapore Airshow 2016”, which takes place at th

Hanwha Q CELLS signed a photovoltaic module supply contract with Saga-Ouchi Mega Solar, which is a joint venture of Itochu Corporation and Kyudenko. The amount of supply is about 21 MW.The photovoltaic modules are scheduled to be supplied for the largest solar power station in the Saga Prefecture th

The world’s first braille smartwatch, developed by a Korean start-up, will make its debut at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016, the telecom industry’s largest gathering in Barcelona, Spain, that runs from Feb. 22 to 25.SK Telecom, the nation’s largest telecom operator, announced on Feb.

LG Innotek, a mobile device component affiliate of LG Group, said on Feb. 16 that it has successfully developed the world’s best super-slim heartbeat sensor module. Heartbeat sensors in wearable devices and smartphones are widely used to measure body status information such as heart rate, stress ind

Google’s AlphaGo is to have showdowns with Lee Se-dol, the world’s best professional Go player, from March 9. Many people across the world are paying keen attention to whether artificial intelligence will be able to defeat the human world champion.The artificial intelligence system of Google beat Fa

The Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning and the Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST) announced on February 1 that a research team led by Dr. Kim Young-soo and Dr. Hwang Kyo-sun at the Brain Science Institute of the KIST transferred its technique for early dementia diagnosis to Alpin

The Korea Development Institute (KDI) made it to the Global Top Ten (eighth) for except for those in the U.S. and the Global Top 50 (48th) including those in the U.S. two years running according to the Think Tank and Civil Society Program (TTCSP) under the University of Pennsylvania‘s International

Samsung Bioepis has won its first overseas contract to supply Benepali, the biosimilar of Enbrel, the world top-selling arthritis treatment, in Norway, Samsung Bioepis confirmed on Feb. 1.Biosimilars are drugs designed to have properties similar to other drugs that have previously been licensed, but

The Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy announced on January 27 that Korean public corporations in the power generation sector invest 6.4 trillion won in the renewable energy industry this year while the Korean governments organizes a consultative body for deregulation and investment promotion in t

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital announced on January 27 that it kept track of 99 diabetes patients aged 60 or over for six months and found that the group managed with its voice-recognition U-healthcare system showed a glycated hemoglobin level 8.5% lower than that of the other group.U-he

Hanwha Techwin Co. announced on January 25 that it has recently signed a 14.1 billion won (US$11.77 million) contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to produce a liquid propellant rocket engine for the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-II).Under the agreement, Hanwha Techwin will

According to the Korea Information Security Industry Association, the domestic biometrics market is estimated to have reached 186.7 billion won in size in 2014 and to reach 414.7 billion won in 2018.In the market, the iris recognition system segment is forecast to show an annual sales growth rate of

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) announced on Jan. 21 that a research team led by Dr. Eom Tae-bong developed a precision calibration system capable of improving the measurement accuracy of laser interferometers.A laser interferometer is a device for precision length meas

Severance Hospital of Yonsei University announced on Jan. 21 that its research team led by neurologist Lee Pil-hyu injected human mesenchymal stem cells into lab mice suffering from Parkinson’s disease and found that their nerves were protected and behaviors were improved with the transfer and movem

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has signed a joint research and development agreement with the world’s prestigious universities such as Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), accelerating R&D partnerships.Hyundai E&C h

LG Life Sciences, the biopharmaceuticals unit of the LG Group, will start selling the nation’s first diabetes treatment Zemiglo in the global market in earnest.  In a bid to tap into the global market, the Korean drugmaker sealed a licensing partnership with French-based pharma giant Sanofi and Mexi

Lotte Engineering and Construction (Lotte E&C) announced on Jan. 19 that the company patented a sludge treatment technology and received its green technology certificate from the Ministry of Environment on Jan. 7.Sludge is waste from a process to treat sewage and wastewater. “The sludge drying techn

Bloomberg announced on Jan. 19 that Korea topped the Bloomberg Innovation Index for this year, scoring 91.31 points.It was followed by Germany (85.54), Sweden (85.21), Japan (85.07), Switzerland (84.96) and Singapore (84.54). The United States and China ranked eighth and 21st, respectively.By specif