South Korea

Scientists have developed a new technique that could eventually lead to new potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. The team investigated a compound that breaks down a protein associated with the disease, with tests in mice improving symptoms.

Most of the records that dinosaurs break are in the “world’s largest” category. But now palaeontologists have discovered the smallest dinosaur tracks ever found, which were made by a previously-unknown species of raptor the size of a sparrow.

Public toilets are generally pretty crappy, but one in South Korea might make it fun to drop in, drop trou' and drop anchor. Not only does it look like a nice, cosy environment to induce the deuce, but it turns your browns into green energy solutions, and eventually, you might even be paid to poop.

A durable nanomaterial that uses a consumer's breath to reveal a hidden image is the result of research that could lead to new counterfeit prevention techniques, which are unable to be mimicked by outsiders.

Billions of cigarette butts are discarded around the world each year, but new research suggests they could be set for a new lease on life with scientists demonstrating that used filters can be transformed into a high-performance supercapacitor component.

A train that picks up electricity from power cables buried underground through a non-contact magnetic charging method has been introduced in South Korea.