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NASA's Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, ’king of solar system‘

Jul 6, 2016

NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system.NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California erupted in cheers as the solar observatory entered its aimed-for orbit around the biggest planet in our cosmic neighborhood at 11:53 p.m. “We are there. We are in orbit. We conquered Jupiter,” said Scott Bolton, NASA’s principal investigator from the Southwest Resea
Hello Jupiter! NASA spacecraft arrives at giant planet

Jul 5, 2016

PASADENA -- Braving intense radiation, a NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets. Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin erupted in applause when the solar-powered Juno spacecraft beamed home news that it was circling Jupiter's poles. The arrival at Jupiter was dramatic. As Juno approached its target, it fired its rocket engine to slow itself down and gently slipped into orbit. Becau
Korean court rules Park Tae-hwan eligible to compete in Rio

Jul 1, 2016

A local court ruled on Friday that swimmer Park Tae-hwan is eligible to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, a significant victory for the beleaguered athlete in his legal battle with the national Olympic body. The Seoul Eastern District Court accepted an injunction requested last month by the swimmer to confirm that the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) has no reason to ban him from racing for South Korea at the Olympics.Park "has no reason for being disqualified based on Article 5 of the
S. Korea, U.S. team up to research animal diseases in wildlife

Jun 23, 2016

The research arms of South Korea and the United States devoted to dealing with wildlife diseases, have joined together to cooperate in tackling avian influenza, rabies and other animal-transmitted diseases, a state-run think tank said Thursday.The National Institute of Environmental Research signed a letter of intent early this month with the National Wildlife Research Center, a research facility within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to carry out joint research activities in the sector of i
Korea succeeds in 75-ton rocket engine thrust test

Jun 9, 2016

South Korea has succeeded in a ground combustion test for the first- and second-stage engines of its domestic space rocket, a related agency said Thursday.The 75-ton thrust engine test was conducted "smoothly" as planned a day earlier at the Naro Space Center located in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, according to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The 75-ton liquid engine is a core technology for the Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV)-II."The duration of combustion was 75 seconds," it said.
Korea plans to breed 3,000 nonhuman primates for animal tests

Jun 9, 2016

A state-run think tank on biotechnology said Thursday that it will breed as many as 3,000 nonhuman primates at a colony to be built by the end of next year in a bid to ensure a stable supply of the animals for the country's biomedical research.The state-run Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology held a groundbreaking ceremony to construct the Support Center for Nonhuman Primates Resources on a site of 72,000 square meters in the southwestern city of Jeongeup. The institute will
Approval of new homegrown drugs increased to five in 2015

May 27, 2016

Five homegrown drugs obtained the green light from local drug authorities for sale last year, health authorities said Friday, as major South Korean pharmaceutical companies expanded their spending on research and development.Health authorities approved the local release of Crystal Genomics' anti-inflammatory drug Acelex, Dong Wha Pharmaceuticals' Zabolante, and Dong-A ST's diabetes drug Suganon, superbacteria target antibiotics Sivextro (TAB) and Sivextro (INJ), the quasi-governmental Korea Heal
Endangered stork breeding attempt succeeds in central Korea

May 23, 2016

A released stork has hatched two chicks in the wild in the country's central region, marking the species' first natural breeding in the country, the Yesan municipal government said Monday, quoting a research center tasked with restoring the endangered bird.The Oriental White Stork Park in Yesan, a town in South Korea's central province of South Chungcheong, said its researchers confirmed the chicks in a nest of a female stork named Minhwang and a male stork named Manhwang on Sunday. The two are
Government to try fast-track approval for 3D-printed medical instruments

May 23, 2016

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is looking at the possibility of allowing limited use of medical instruments made through 3D printers before final government approval, hoping to change relevant regulations by November, officials said Monday.The attempt falls in line with the results from an inter-ministerial deregulation meeting last week where 3D-printed medical instruments were specified as a subject of eased restrictions.The ministry mentioned through public symposiums that it is conside
[EYE] ‘Social diversity key to facing AI world’

May 20, 2016

Renowned neuroscientist stresses need of ‘scarcity’ for humans to be creative
S. Korea, U.S. seek to enhance cybersecurity cooperation

May 19, 2016

South Korean and U.S. officials gathered here Thursday to discuss cooperation in the cybersecurity sector as both countries are experiencing an increase in online trade.The seminar brought together about 100 government, business and academic participants from the two sides to discuss trends in cybersecurity in critical infrastructure sectors, such as finance and energy telecom.Under the New Frontier slogan, cybersecurity has emerged as a key area of cooperation between the allies, along with spa
Korea, U.S. to work together on lunar exploration, satellite

Apr 28, 2016

South Korea and the United States have agreed to boost their partnership in the aerospace industry to a "considerable" level, a government ministry said Thursday, as the two sides are in related talks in Seoul.The allies opened the working-level meeting Wednesday, the second of its kind, to discuss how to deepen space cooperation.In the first-day plenary session, they "reached a considerable level of agreement on specific ways for cooperation," according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Futur
Hanyang University chief's work published in Nature journal

Apr 28, 2016

Research led by a local college president was recently published in the international weekly journal of science Nature, school officials said Thursday.It is rare for a local university leader’s work to be published in the international journal. Hanyang University said its study led by president Lee Young-moo on hydrocarbon fuel-cell membranes with surface nanocrack coatings was published in the latest issue of Nature. The study featured an innovative way to provide fuel cells, which are essentia
Korea, U.S. sign space cooperation agreement

Apr 27, 2016

South Korea and the United States on Wednesday signed an agreement on space cooperation, paving the way for the allies' enhanced collaboration in the exploration of outer space.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert signed the "Framework Agreement for Cooperation in Aeronautics and the Exploration and Use of Airspace and Outer Space for Civil and Peaceful Purposes."With the signing, South Korea became the first Asian country to ink a pact on space cooperati
Korea, U.S. to discuss space program this week

Apr 26, 2016

South Korea and the United States will have talks this week on boosting their cooperation in space exploration, a government ministry said Tuesday, as South Korea is pushing for a lunar exploration project.The two sides are scheduled to hold the three-day meeting in Seoul and Daejeon, some 160 km south of the capital, starting on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.It would be the second working-level Civil Space Dialogue between the allies. The previous sess