[Science Bulletin] National Children’s Science Center opens “Thought Playground” brain science exhibit

Promotional picture for the National Children’s Science Center’s Thought Playground. Provided by the Ministry of Science and ICT

■ The National Children’s Science Center introduced on May 13 that it opened ‘Thought Playground,’ an interactive brain science exhibition house that renovates an growing old space, on May 1. Thought Playground is an interactive exhibition designed for kids to discover and perceive their very own brains. It is characterised by explaining varied scientific ideas, reminiscent of the connection between brain measurement and intelligence and the way nerve alerts are transmitted, in a straightforward and fascinating approach. The Thought Playground could be skilled within the everlasting exhibition house on the primary ground of the National Children’s Science Center, and extra particulars can be found on the middle’s web site (sciencecenter.go.kr/csc).

■ The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) introduced on the thirteenth that it’s internet hosting the ‘Korea-China-Japan Young Researchers’ Workshop 2026′ in Jeju for 3 days from the twelfth to the 14th. The workshop is a discussion board for trade the place younger researchers from the nationwide metrology institutes of the three international locations collect to share the newest analysis traits and construct networks. Since its launch at KRISS’s suggestion in 2015, the three international locations have taken turns internet hosting the occasion yearly. This yr’s occasion, held beneath the theme ‘The Nexus of Precision Measurement: Designing the Future Beyond Limits,’ goals to open new horizons for cooperation in measurement requirements. A complete of 38 younger researchers will take part to share current achievements throughout all fields of measurement requirements and focus on next-generation collaboration agendas. Participants will interact in group discussions divided into 4 core areas of measurement requirements: quantum and time; mechanics, electromagnetics, and AI; biomedical and radiation; and superior supplies, chemistry, and setting.

■ The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) introduced that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon presided over the ‘Regional Field Meeting for the fifth Basic Plan for Fostering and Supporting Science and Technology Talent’ held at Yonsei University on the thirteenth. The fundamental plan is the highest-level statutory plan within the discipline of science and know-how expertise, presenting particular mid- to long-term coverage objectives and duties for fostering and supporting expertise from 2026 to 2030. This assembly is the ultimate cease in a nationwide tour of on-site communication, following classes within the Honam, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang areas. With this assembly, the MSIT will conclude the method of gathering regional suggestions and plans to finalize the ‘fifth Basic Plan for Fostering and Supporting Science and Technology Talent’ throughout the first half of this yr after consulting with associated ministries.

■ The MSIT, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), and the National AI Strategy Committee introduced that they held the ‘Korea-UAE AI Infrastructure and Semiconductor Investment Forum’ on the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas on the thirteenth. Following a state go to to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November 2025, the federal government shaped a working group with private and non-private firms from each international locations to debate cooperation of their AI ecosystems, protecting AI infrastructure, fashions, and providers. This discussion board was held to translate these discussions into tangible outcomes. The authorities plans to proceed follow-up discussions to make sure this funding discussion board results in seen outcomes, reminiscent of mutually complementary technological growth and joint entry into abroad markets, reasonably than being a one-time occasion.

■ The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) introduced on the thirteenth that it’s going to host a sequence of skilled boards titled ‘Korean Science and Technology, Asking the Way’ to diagnose the structural limitations of the home science and know-how neighborhood and suggest future methods. The sequence shall be held over three classes with the key phrases: redesigning the analysis ecosystem, enhancing analysis tradition and techniques, and making a basis for modern firms. The first discussion board, themed ‘The Crisis in Science and Technology, Is Compensation the Only Issue?’, shall be held on the 14th on the Korea Press Center’s Press Club in Seoul. It shall be broadcast reside on KAST’s YouTube channel.