Tests involving chickens have raised questions about the impact on health from engineered nano-particles, the ultra-fine grains commonly used in drugs and processed foods, scientists said on Sunday.Chickens exposed to high oral doses of polystyrene particles 50 nanometers (50 billionths of a metre)

A team of South Korean scientists has developed an artificial antibody that is significantly more effective but cheaper than conventional antibody drugs, the team said Monday.The new antibody, named Repebody, is manufactured by manipulating the structure of protein and can be custom-made to meet any needs, it said.The simple manufacturing method enables mass production of the antibody, which will likely cut the price of new products to be developed to only 1 percent of existing antibody drugs, w

Korea could launch a satellite to orbit the moon in collaboration with the U.S.’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration.A Korean daily reported Thursday that the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and NASA are discussing a collaborative lunar exploration project.According to the report, KARI and NASA held two rounds of talks with government officials in attendance last year, and plan to sign an agreement in March or April. The report quoted NASA’s Belgacem Jaroux as saying that the two o