This technology concerns a novel marine microbial community with the ability to degrade biodegradable plastics and its applications.
Even biodegradable plastics lacked sufficient microbial resources for efficient degradation and processing in real-world waste environments.
The marine microbial community developed with this technology can be utilized in establishing biodegradable plastic composting for waste plastic treatment, thereby contributing to eco-friendly waste management.
This technology concerns a food vacuum storage system comprising a vacuum storage tank and door, a vacuum pump, vacuum line, remote-controlled vacuum valve, and an air generator and air line.
Existing cooling-based storage systems had high power consumption and significant installation and operating costs, yet were limited in maintaining long-term freshness.
To address this, this technology uses remote-controllable vacuum valves and pumps to selectively maintain a vacuum in storage compartments, preserving food freshness for extended periods while minimizing power consumption, all without relying on conventional cooling systems.
This technology relates to a composition for neural progenitor cell differentiation and neuronal cell culture, comprising porcine brain-derived decellularized extracellular matrix (P-BdECM) and laminin, and its manufacturing method.
Existing neuronal cell culture materials could not sufficiently mimic the human brain microenvironment, leading to limitations in the activity, differentiation, and survival rate of neural progenitor cells.
This technology enhances cell adhesion by adding laminin to P-BdECM, thereby promoting the activity and axon formation of neural progenitor cells and significantly increasing their differentiation potential and survival rate.
This technology relates to silica nanostructures having a spherical or polyhedral hollow frame and an interior filling material, mesoscale assemblies comprising the same, and methods for manufacturing each.
Previously, it was difficult to precisely control the shape and surface curvature of amorphous phase materials at the nanoscale, which limited the diversity of usable materials.
This technology provides a method for manufacturing silica nanostructures with controllable surface curvature and shape, enabling the realization of various types of nanostructures and mesoscale assemblies assembled therefrom.
This technology relates to an antibody that specifically binds to human Fc alpha receptors and its immunologically active fragments. It is a technology that maximizes the mechanism of action of various antibody therapeutics by maintaining an IgG format and binding to Fc alpha receptors on effector cells.
Conventional IgA antibodies had limitations in utilizing effector functions, making it difficult to fully elicit the cell-killing effects (ADCC/ADCP) of antibody therapeutics.
This technology is designed to bind to Fc alpha receptors on neutrophils, which constitute the highest proportion in mammals, thereby overcoming the drawbacks of conventional IgA. It enhances antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and phagocytosis and can be widely applied as various Fc-fusion protein therapeutics.
This technology relates to a composition for preventing and treating fibrosis, comprising as an active ingredient a substance that inhibits the expression or activity of CDK17 (cyclin-dependent kinase 17).
Fibrosis causes organ damage and fatal diseases due to the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix, but there have been insufficient therapeutic targets that can effectively inhibit fibrosis in various organs.
This technology confirms that CDK17 inhibition significantly reduces collagen production and cell activity in liver, kidney, and lung fibrosis cell models, thereby offering excellent therapeutic effects broadly applicable to fibrosis in various organs.
This technology relates to a mask-securing hat, which comprises a main body worn on the head and features loops on both sides for attaching and securing mask ear straps.
Previously, mask ear straps often caused pain and pressure on the ears when worn, and there was no proper way to store the mask when removed.
To address these issues, this technology allows users to connect mask ear straps to the loops on both sides of the hat, alleviating ear pain. Furthermore, it enables the mask to be hung on the hat when not in use, thereby enhancing user convenience.
This beauty mask pack features an opening mechanism, comprising a support part and a press part, that allows for easy and convenient bursting of the internal liquid pouch.
Existing skincare masks were inconvenient due to their cumbersome usage process and the difficulty in applying ingredients tailored to different skin conditions.
This technology ruptures the liquid pouch surface by pressing the press part through the hollow of the support part. This allows for easy, one-handed opening without additional tools, thereby enhancing user convenience and the cosmetic efficacy for various skin types.
This beauty mask technology features multiple C-shaped protrusions on the mask sheet, designed to stimulate the skin with uniform pressure and promote blood circulation, irrespective of facial contours.
Traditional beauty masks often struggled to provide uniform skincare benefits because their massage effects and the absorption rates of cosmetic ingredients varied across different facial contours.
This technology features C-shaped members with pointed ends and a curved section designed to roll over an applicator. When one end is pressed, the opposing end protrudes, applying pressure around the skin's contours. This mechanism ensures uniform massage and ingredient absorption across all areas of the face.
This technology is an air curtain device designed for face-to-face interactions. It forms an air curtain in situations requiring in-person contact, such as medical examinations, consultations, interviews, and education, to block the airborne transmission of infectious diseases, hygiene issues, and odors.
While face-to-face interactions pose a risk of infectious disease transmission via droplets, there has been a lack of adequate solutions to ensure hygiene while flexibly adapting to diverse in-person settings.
This technology forms an air barrier between individuals by blowing air upwards along the length of its main body. Comprising multiple sections connected by hinges, the main body can be folded or angled, allowing the shielding range to be adjusted to suit various face-to-face environments, such as tables.
This smartphone pouch technology protects smartphones from external impacts and scratches, effectively dissipates heat, and enables tactile recognition of the display-type home button's location.
Existing smartphone pouches suffered from inadequate protection against external impacts and scratches, inconvenient touch operation while in use, and inefficient heat dissipation.
This technology combines a flexible cover, a metal cover, a transparent protective film, and a decorative plate. By incorporating multiple heat dissipation grooves into the metal cover, it simultaneously enhances impact and scratch protection, touch operation convenience, and thermal efficiency.
This technology is a functional wellness shoe that features a detachable, arch-shaped, double-sided cushion outsole with convex and concave surfaces, selectively providing cushioning and rolling functions suitable for both general walking and specialized activities.
Previously, there was the inconvenience of needing separate shoes and locking devices for specialized activities such as horseback riding. Additionally, incorporating springs or similar mechanisms to reduce joint impact during walking presented a challenge.
This technology allows users to freely switch between an impact-absorbing cushioning mode and an activity-specific rolling mode by attaching and detaching a reversible cushion outsole to a single shoe. Furthermore, its fastening structure prevents foreign substances from entering the attachment area, thereby enhancing both durability and stability.
This system is a safety management system that utilizes an NFC module and a communication shielding unit mounted on the back of a smartphone. In an emergency, with a simple action, it automatically performs pre-set safety measures such as calling a designated number, sending location, and recording audio and video.
Existing safety response methods require multiple steps and complex operations in an emergency, making it difficult to respond quickly and effectively at critical moments.
This technology normally blocks NFC communication with a communication shielding unit. In an emergency, simply removing this unit links the device with the NFC module and automatically launches a dedicated application, enabling simple and rapid safety measures without complex operations.
This technology concerns silica nanostructures, mesoscale assemblies incorporating them, their manufacturing methods, and the manufacturing methods for mesoscale assemblies that include these nanostructures. It is applicable to the micro/nano structural domain within advanced materials and chemistry.
Existing technologies are limited by their access to only a restricted number of crystalline phases, poor kinetic control, and a narrow range of post-synthesis structural modifications. This technology, therefore, proposes amorphous silica nanostructures that act as nanoscale amorphous phase materials, featuring controllable surface curvature, diverse shapes, forms, and internal structures, and comprising both a filled region and a hollow interior.
Accordingly, this technology's silica nanostructures feature a hollow frame, which has at least one spherical or polyhedral shape, and a filled region where a specific material is packed within the frame. These nanostructures offer controllable surface curvature, diverse shapes, forms, and internal structures. Consequently, the manufacturing method for mesoscale assemblies provides a significant advantage in producing mesoscale assemblies with the aforementioned benefits.
This technology was developed with project support from the Nanoscale-Spatially Confined Chemical Reactions Research Group of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
This technology describes an unpowered gait assistance mechanism that utilizes an elastic body to convert changes in distance between the device and the user, occurring during the user's gait, into a compensatory force.
Existing robotic gait assist devices that use external power sources had problems with temporal and spatial constraints, as well as reduced rehabilitation training effectiveness due to passive joint movements.
This technology, therefore, proposes a method that utilizes an elastic body, a link unit, and an action point conversion unit, all integrated into the weight support section, to convert the user's trunk movement force into gait assistance force and deliver it to the lower limbs in sync with the gait cycle.
This technology was developed through the support of the Pan-Government Medical Device R&D Project Group's research project on the development and usability evaluation of an indoor mobile gait rehabilitation device capable of weight support and lower limb muscle assistance.
