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2026-09-07lab notebookhandoverregulationHanding off a research notebook — who gets what when a researcher changesSearch "research notebook handover" and you get one line — "hand it off." In practice a participating researcher leaving and a principal investigator changing trigger different procedures, with different recipients and different paperwork — here's what the guideline actually requires.
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2026-09-06lab notebookjoint researchownershipregulationJoint research and your lab notebook — institutional share and inventorship are not the same testSearch "joint research IP ownership" and you get one line — "co-owned in proportion to share." In practice that's two separate questions with two separate answers, and confusing them is how consortium projects end up in inventorship disputes.
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2026-09-05lab notebookGLPnonclinical testingregulationGLP lab notebooks — how they differ from an ordinary research notebookSearch "GLP lab notebook" and you mostly find a generic definition of GLP. Here's how it actually differs from Korea's National R&D Research Note Guideline — legal basis, terminology, raw data, audit trails, and archive requirements, compared side by side.
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2026-09-01lab notebookmanagementgovernment projectLost or damaged your research notebook? Here's what to do right nowSearch "lost research notebook" and you mostly find a loss-report form. What actually matters is the procedure after you report it — the steps that separate a defensible "failure" from a finding of misconduct, and how recoverability differs between paper and electronic notebooks.
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2026-08-31lab notebookmanagementregulationThe research-note management ledger — what to log, and whenSearch "research note management ledger" and you mostly find blank templates. Here is what actually belongs in one — control numbers, access history, return, disposal — the regulatory basis behind it, and how paper and electronic notebooks run it differently.
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2026-08-19nanalStampnewsnanalStamp is now available worldwideInternational cards, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay are now supported, so you can subscribe to nanalStamp paid plans from anywhere. Here is what stays free, what the paid plans add, and what they cost.
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2026-08-18lab notebookcorporate R&Dtax creditregulationCorporate R&D lab notebooks in Korea — how they differ from government-project notebooksFor Korean corporate research institutes, the lab notebook is tax evidence, not research ethics. What the Special Tax Treatment Control Act requires, the five-year retention rule, and the NTS pre-review system, with links to the original sources.
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2026-08-16research-notestemplateregulationWhere to get a research-note template — from the official annex form to free downloadsSearch for a "research note template" and every university and vendor hands you a different file. Here's how to tell the legally defined form apart from the merely convenient ones.
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2026-08-15research-notesguideregulationHow to keep a lab notebook — in the form the regulations recognizeWhat goes into a compliant research-note entry, when to write it, and how to make corrections — with an entry-fields table, correction rules, and the mistakes labs actually get docked for.
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2026-08-15nanalStamphow-it-worksreleaseOne seal, two anchors — why nanalStamp uses RFC 3161 timestamps and Bitcoin togetherSince 1.5.4, every seal is anchored to both an RFC 3161 standard timestamp and the Bitcoin blockchain. Why one anchor isn't enough, and how the two cover each other's weaknesses.
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2026
- 09-17How a "security project" research notebook differs — classification levels, protected zones, removal approval
- 09-16Research notebook audits are not the same as internal inspections
- 09-15Who's actually responsible for the lab notebook — the institution head, the PI, or the tech transfer office?
- 09-14Disposing of a lab notebook — why you can't just throw it out once the retention period passes
- 09-13Who can read a lab notebook after the project ends?
- 09-12Lab notebook entries need more than a signed cover page
- 09-11Korea now punishes trade-secret brokers, too — what the amended Unfair Competition Prevention Act means for your lab notebook
- 09-10Gluing a photo into your lab notebook the wrong way doesn't count as evidence
- 09-0920 years barred, 30x the penalty — what Korea's revised R&D Innovation Act means for your lab notebook
- 09-08The pen matters — why your lab notebook can't take just any ballpoint
- 09-07Handing off a research notebook — who gets what when a researcher changes
- 09-06Joint research and your lab notebook — institutional share and inventorship are not the same test
- 09-05GLP lab notebooks — how they differ from an ordinary research notebook
- 09-01Lost or damaged your research notebook? Here's what to do right now
- 08-31The research-note management ledger — what to log, and when
- 08-19nanalStamp is now available worldwide
- 08-18Corporate R&D lab notebooks in Korea — how they differ from government-project notebooks
- 08-16Where to get a research-note template — from the official annex form to free downloads
- 08-15How to keep a lab notebook — in the form the regulations recognize
- 08-15One seal, two anchors — why nanalStamp uses RFC 3161 timestamps and Bitcoin together
- 08-14What is nanalStamp? — automatic sealing, Bitcoin anchoring, tamper-proof records
- 08-14What Korean regulations actually require of electronic lab notebooks
- 08-14Proving "we built it first" — prior-use rights and trade-secret originals
- 08-1475 record kits — folder structures and templates, free
- 08-14Introducing the nanalLabs blog
- 08-14Using nanalStamp as a team — structure flows down, management lives on the web
- 08-14Proving it — certificates, public links, offline verification, submission packages
- 08-14Opening past versions, recovering deleted notes — Rewind
- 08-14Free vs. paid — original storage is the dividing line
- 08-14Write, and it seals — the five-minute rhythm
- 08-14Getting started — from sign-up to your first seal
- 08-14Bitcoin anchoring — proof that outlives the company