[Science Bulletin] Gwacheon National Science Museum Hosts ‘When the Universe Speaks’ Talk Concert for International Moon Day

Promotional poster for the 2026 International Moon Day commemorative speak live performance ‘When the Universe Speaks’. Provided by the Gwacheon National Science Museum

■ The Gwacheon National Science Museum introduced on the tenth that it’ll host a particular occasion titled ‘When the Universe Speaks II’ on July 18 at its planetarium and central corridor to rejoice International Moon Day designated by the UN. In the primary program, a chat live performance known as ‘The Second Story Connecting the Universe and You: The Moon’, Shim Chae-kyung, Director of the Planetary Exploration Center at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), and Principal Researcher Jeong Min-seob will introduce international tendencies in lunar exploration and the way forward for Korea’s lunar exploration. At 5 p.m., a particular free screening of the animation ‘Stray Cat Kits’ Super Moon Adventure’ can be held, and in the central corridor, a ‘Door to Space (Moon)’ board can be arrange the place residents can view Korea’s house exploration roadmap and cheer on lunar landers and future exploration plans. The speak live performance is open to 250 members aged 9 and older and tickets might be reserved from July 11. Further particulars can be found on the Gwacheon National Science Museum web site (sciencecenter.go.kr).

■ The Ministry of Science and ICT introduced on the ninth that, along with Mongolia’s Ministry of Economy and Development, it held the third Korea–Mongolia Joint Committee on Science and Technology in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on July 8, resuming bilateral science and know-how cooperation after 14 years. The two nations signed an Economic, Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement in 1991 and held joint committee conferences in 2010 and 2012, however official exchanges had been suspended since then. This joint committee was attended by greater than 50 representatives from each governments and analysis establishments, led by Baek Gyeong-hoon, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT of Korea, and Jadambyn Enkhbayar, Minister of Economy and Development of Mongolia, as chief delegates. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and the Biological Resources Center of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) and the Institute of Biology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences every signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to advertise cooperation in science and know-how frameworks, mineral assets and biotechnology.

■ The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission introduced that on July 10 it held an on-site communication assembly at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) in Daejeon, attended by Commission Chairperson Choi Won-ho, KFE President Oh Young-guk and fusion researchers. The assembly was organized to debate the must complement regulatory requirements and to discover future regulatory instructions in preparation for the commercialization of home fusion know-how, at a time when discussions on commercializing fusion energy are accelerating worldwide. Participants additionally mentioned on-site difficulties and options associated to radiation security administration at KFE, in addition to measures to boost security. Chairperson Choi inspected the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) system, a superconducting fusion experimental facility that confines ultra-high-temperature plasma above 100 million levels Celsius inside a superconducting magnet subject, and said that the regulatory framework can be improved and bolstered in order that fusion know-how might be commercialized in a well timed method.

■ The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) introduced that on July 10 it held the eighth Space and Aviation SOS Roundtable at its headquarters in Sacheon with 20 home corporations specializing in plane programs, supplies and parts, below the theme of creating hybrid next-generation plane. As a follow-up to the nationwide aerospace trade improvement technique introduced at the National Space Committee on July 3, KASA offered a division-of-roles technique wherein the authorities focuses on creating hybrid next-generation plane that use each batteries and engines, whereas purely battery-based future plane are developed by the personal sector. Government-funded tasks intention to attain a check flight of a baseline hybrid next-generation plane prototype by the finish of 2030. Companies steered that institutional help is required to construct testing and demonstration infrastructure, create early-stage public demand and develop participation by home supplies and parts corporations.

■ The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) introduced on the tenth that it signed a enterprise settlement on July 8 at Pukyong National University to ascertain a ‘Marine Artificial Intelligence (AI) Materials Research Center’ in collaboration with Pukyong National University and the City of Busan. The settlement goals to advertise analysis, improvement and industrialization of AI-based marine vitality supplies, contributing to the development of Busan’s marine trade and the realization of carbon neutrality. The three events will hyperlink regional strategic industries corresponding to marine hydrogen and eco-friendly ships and ports with marine, AI and supplies applied sciences, and cooperate in joint analysis, know-how improvement, company help, know-how commercialization, human useful resource improvement and the institution of a cooperative analysis middle. KIMS can be accountable for creating basic applied sciences for vitality and environmental supplies and planning large-scale nationwide analysis and improvement (R&D) tasks, Pukyong National University will present analysis middle house and lead human useful resource improvement, and the City of Busan will help monetary help and the linkage of insurance policies and demonstration tasks.

■ The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) introduced on July 10 that it’ll signal a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in house surveillance and house safety with the Aerospace Strategy and Technology Institute (ASTI) of Yonsei University at Yonsei University in Seoul. Under the settlement, the two establishments will promote analysis, know-how and data trade in house surveillance, house situational consciousness and house safety, in addition to set up cooperation networks, conduct personnel exchanges and foster specialised expertise. Since being designated an area surroundings monitoring establishment in 2015, KASI has supported house hazard monitoring, together with the re-entry and collision of house objects, and the operation of nationwide response programs. Yonsei University’s Aerospace Strategy and Technology Institute, established in 2011, is an establishment devoted to coverage and technique formulation, improvement of core applied sciences and coaching of consultants in the aerospace sector, and has been finishing up authorities tasks and worldwide educational conferences.

■ The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) introduced on the tenth that it held the ‘KERI fiftieth Anniversary Experts Forum’ along with the Summer Conference of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, which happened at Yongpyong Resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, on July 9. The discussion board, held below the theme ’50 Years Lighting the World, 100 Years to Shine Brighter’, introduced collectively greater than 100 consultants from trade, academia and analysis establishments to overview the institute’s achievements and talk about the future route {of electrical} and energy applied sciences in the period of synthetic intelligence and main vitality transition. Professor Kang Tae-won of Chungnam National University reported that KERI’s improvement of basic applied sciences and know-how commercialization over the previous 50 years has generated greater than 100 trillion gained in production-inducing results, greater than 25 trillion gained in value-added-inducing results and roughly 150,000 jobs. Professor Moon Seung-il of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH) steered that, in response to rising energy demand pushed by the unfold of synthetic intelligence, KERI ought to function a central hub for nationwide innovation in energy applied sciences.