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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Hanwha seeks global expansion in biosimilars
CEO envisions spin-off to create biotech firmIn June 2011, Hanwha Chemical, a listed Korean chemical company, made its first landmark deal to license its newly developed biosimilar compound to Merck, a global pharmaceutical giant.Merck will be further developing the “HD203” compound by Hanwha into a drug for joint pain.Hanwha attributed this overseas deal to Paul Coleman, CEO of the chemical company’s bio business unit, whose primary responsibility includes identifying global pharmaceutical comp
Sept. 19, 2012
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Sesame Street’s next chapter: Elmo talks back
Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the ``Sesame Street'' crew have always talked to kids. Now, they'll try to have a two-way conversation with their pint-sized audience using Kinect, the motion and voice-sensing controller created by Microsoft.``Kinect Sesame Street TV,'' out Tuesday, is not exactly a video game, though it runs on the Xbox 360 video game system. There are no winners and losers, no rea
Sept. 19, 2012
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Sleep in Saturday, harder to awake Monday
People who sleep in on Saturday do not catch up on sleep lost during the week -- it makes them sleepier Monday morning, a U.S. researcher says.Dr. Gregory Carter, a sleep medicine specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, said the daily, or circadian, cycles guide the body‘s internal clock.People can delay their circadian clock by up to 1 hour by sleeping in 1 hour or more over the weekend, but the problem is that after sleeping in on weekends, the brain’s circ
Sept. 19, 2012
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Violent TV linked to lost sleep in kids
TV shows with violence -- even cartoons OK for older kids -- can keep children ages 3-5 from getting a good night's sleep, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Michelle Garrison of the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle said the study involved 565 families. Some parents were encouraged to let kids watch only programs such as "Sesame Street" and "Curious George." The rest wer
Sept. 19, 2012
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World's first mum-to-daughter uterine transplants in Sweden
Two Swedish women received new uteruses at the weekend in the world's first mother-to-daughter uterine transplants aimed at helping them have babies, Gothenburg University announced on Tuesday.Uterine transplants are new, with the first successful one conducted in Turkey in 2011."One of the women had previously had her own uterus removed after undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. The other wo
Sept. 19, 2012
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By 2030, 67 percent of Mississippi obese
By 2030, 67 percent of Mississippi is slated to be obese, while the District of Columbia is estimated to be 32.6 percent obese, researchers say.A report by the Trust for America‘s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation included an analysis that forecast if obesity rates continue on their current trajectories, by 2030, 13 states could have adult obesity rates above 60 percent, 39 states could have rates above 50 percent, and all 50 states could have rates above 44 percent. By contrast, the ana
Sept. 19, 2012
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Healthy food makes people better looking
Foods that make a person healthier also make them better looking, a U.S. food expert says. "Vitamin C rich foods, especially strawberries, can help keep your skin glowing and bright. Vitamin C is an important building block for collagen, which supports the underlying structure of your skin. Just 1 cup of delicious strawberries contains over 100 percent of your daily vitamin C recommendation," Phil
Sept. 18, 2012
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Aspirin may help men with prostate cancer
DALLAS, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Men treated for prostate cancer -- either with surgery or radiation -- could benefit from taking aspirin regularly, U.S. researchers suggest. First author Dr. Kevin Choe of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas said preclinical studies showed aspirin and other anti-coagulation medications -- warfarin, clopidogrel, enoxaparin, and/or aspirin -- might inhibit cancer growth and metastasis, but clinical data had been limited previously.The current st
Sept. 18, 2012
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Black hole ‘sounds’ reveal their history
British astronomers say the death “sounds” of black holes could reveal the cosmic crash that created them in the first place.In black holes gravity is so strong not even light can escape, making them truly dark objects that don‘t emit any form of radiation.However, scientists at Cardiff University say black holes that become deformed through collisions with other black holes or stars are known to emit a form of radiation called gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein nearly a hundred years ag
Sept. 18, 2012
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Camera sees light from 8 billion years ago
Zoomed-in image from the Dark Energy Camera of the center of the globular star cluster 47 Tucanae, which lies about 17,000 light years from Earth. (Dark Energy Survey Collaboration-UPI)The most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created has captured and recorded light from 8 billion years ago, U.S. researchers say.After eight years of planning and construction by scientists, engineers, and technici
Sept. 18, 2012
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French doctors blast drug companies
Two French doctors contend in a new book that half of all drugs prescribed in the country are useless at best and dangerous at worst.Professor Philippe Even, director of the Necker Institute, and Bernard Debre, a physician and member of Parliament, maintain the French health service could save as much as 10 billion euros ($13 billion) annually if dozens of drugs were no longer prescribed, The Guar
Sept. 17, 2012
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Believers in luck = unhealthier lifestyle
People who have a greater faith in luck or fate are more likely to live an unhealthy lifestyle, Australian researchers say.Professor Deborah Cobb-Clark, director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, also found people who said they believed their life can be changed by their own actions ate healthier food, exercised more, smoked less and avoided binge drinking.“Our research shows a direct link between the type of personality a person has and a healthy lifestyle,” Co
Sept. 17, 2012
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People who read labels weigh less
Women who read food labels weigh nearly 9 pounds less than women who didn‘t read labels, researcher in Spain said.Lead author Maria Loureiro of the University of Santiago de Compostela and colleagues at the University of Tennessee, the University of Arkansas and the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural Finance Research used data from the annual National Health Interview Survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Some 25,640 observations were collected on health, eati
Sept. 17, 2012
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Scientists develop high stability, sensitivity disease probe
A local team of scientists have developed a new method for detecting particles specific to particular conditions, opening new possibilities for early diagnosis.With many chronic conditions, early detection is crucial for effective treatment. Even with incurable conditions such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, entering a treatment regime early on can extend the patient’s life expectancy for as much as several decades. As different conditions can have similar effects on the body i
Sept. 16, 2012
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When you eat may make all the difference
JERUSALEM, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- When you eat, not what you eat may make all the difference for those who want to watch their weight, researchers in Israel say. Professor Oren Froy, Professor Zecharia Madar, research student Yoni Genzer and research fellow Dr. Hadas Sherman with the Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem showed a carefully scheduled high-fat diet can lead to a reduction in body weight. For 18 weeks, the researchers fed a group of
Sept. 16, 2012
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Mars rover finds strange spheres on ground
Small spherical objects fill the field in this mosaic combining four images from the Microscopic Imager on NASA`s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The view covers an area about 6 centimeters across, at an outcrop called "Kirkwood" in the Cape York segment of the western rim of Endeavour Crater. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./ USGS/Modesto Junior College)NASA says researchers are struggling to
Sept. 16, 2012
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Breastfeeding mother appears on a magazine’s cover photo again
A mother in her 20s who had previously decorated the cover of Time magazine breastfeeding her 3-year-old son has appeared on another magazine’s cover.Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, a stay-at-home mom in Los Angeles and her son had been the cover photo of Time magazine for a story on “attachment parenting,” in May and reactions ranged from applause to cringing to shrugs.On Twitter, at that time, the cover
Sept. 15, 2012
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‘League of Legends’ dominates Korean game market
Real-time online strategy genre gaining popularity, outsmarting online RPG titles“League of Legends,” a real-time online strategy game, is the undisputed frontrunner in the fiercely competitive game industry in South Korea, with role-playing titles such as “Blade & Soul” and “Diablo 3” following right behind in the rankings. According to the chart for the second week of September released by Inven, a local website which offers weekly game rankings, League of Legends held on to the No. 1 slot for
Sept. 14, 2012
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In search of a jackpot in a fantasy world
“Diablo 3,” an action role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment, is viciously addictive in a peculiar way. When I purchased the much-hyped package priced at 55,000 won ($48) about two months ago, I was vaguely aware that stepping into the dark fantasy world of the Diablo franchise would require some energy and time. It turned out that what is needed is actually a diabolical amount of patience and persistence, as well as sheer luck to stay alive in the virtual hack-and-slash world of “Diablo 3.
Sept. 14, 2012
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iPhone 5 carries Korean components
LG Display to see most benefit as iPhone parts supplier, analysts sayApple’s iPhone 5 may have failed to meet high expectations worldwide as it failed to boast any particularly surprising innovative features.Analysts are nonetheless coming out with rosy sales forecasts for Apple as the U.S. tech giant still has strongly loyal fans. Based on this, Korean components makers, especially LG Display, are also being highlighted as those that will benefit from supplying their parts for the smartphone.LG
Sept. 14, 2012