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International Consortium Including Taiwan Team Identify Genomic Sites of Breast Cancer Genes (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2009/07/30) The Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), an international breast cancer research cooperation which includes a Taiwan team headed by Research Fellow Chen-Yang SHEN from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, recently ide
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Eight Years on Completing Biota Taiwanica (Chinese Version)
BCC-News (2009/07/29) NSC invited about 160 biologists to survey the species in Taiwan, completing profiles of about twelve thousands species and publishing twenty volumes of Biota Taiwanica after eight years of effort. However, the number of the species known in Taiwan has been more than fifty thousands. Still plenty of effort has t
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Energy Conference's Conclusion Will Result in Six Low-Carbon Cities in Five Years (Chinese Version)
BCC-News (2009/07/29) On 29th-Jul., Executive Yuan - Administration Council listens to the report on the executive achievement of the conclusive goals set in National Energy Conference. In order to carry out the conclusions of National Energy Conference, Ministry of Economic Affairs proposed 16
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Dilemma of Development or Environmental Protection? Dalin Power Plant Reconstruction Project Referred for Review (Chinese Version)
Taiwan Power Company's Dalin Power Plant planned to replace the old generator sets to meet the power demand and the environmental protection laws' requirement in the future, but this invited objections in the neighborhood. The reconstruction project was referred
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400 Years of Heaven Gazing, NSC 2009 Science Season About to Start (Chinese Version)
National Educational Radio (2009/07/27) Hosted by NSC, “2009 Science Season: 400 Years of Heaven Gazing” is about to begin since 8th-Aug. To 13th-Sep. at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. The exhibition includes 10 themed zones, such as “Starry Corridor” and “Remote Observing Center,” and 31 exhibits. The exhibi
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Title: Treatment for heroin and cocaine dependency
Author: Science and Technology Division in the UK
Source: NSC International Cooperation Sci-tech Newsbrief http://stn.nsc.gov.tw/
A. Abstract
In Britain, around 11.3 million people have used an illicit drug at least once in their lifetime. Among all the illicit drugs, heroin and cocaine have the most devastating effects, including heal
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Two Kinds of Neuroproteins That Help Track Cephalalgia Have Been Identified (Chinese Version)
China Times E-paper (2009/07/26) Migraine and cluster headache are two of the most commonplace headache classifications. Their diagnosis depends on patient's first personal report presently, but in this way the precise location or status of pain is difficult to specify. NTU and Taipei Veterans Gener
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Academia Sinica Publishes《Health Care Policy Proposal》, Spurring Present Heath Care Regime in Taiwan (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica announced in its newsletter on 15th-Jul. the content of its Health Care Policy Proposal (trans. temp.) respectively in one concise version and one complete version. So far Academia Sinica has published three proposals, including Energy Policy Proposal Regardin
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Taiwan Will Build Low-Carbon Model Community in One of the Offshore Islands (Chinese Version)
China Times E-paper and udn.com (2009/07/19) Premier Chao-shiuan LIU announced on 18th-Jul. that Executive Yuan will select one offshore island to build a low-carbon model community which meets the standard of low-carbon communities in the advanced countries. The model community will reach the goal o
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NTU Invents New Anti-Influ Spray Knocking Down Virus's Contagiosity (Chinese Version)
China Times E-paper & The Liberty Times E-paper (2009/07/22) An NTU research team discovers a new anti-influenza compound “NTU-VirusBom,” with light concentration of which various kinds of influ virus are rapidly collapsed and lose contagiousness. The relevant technology has been transferred to biomedical c
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L'albatros
Charles Baudelaire
L'Albatros
Souvent, pour s'amuser, les hommes d'équipage
Prennent des albatros, vastes oiseaux des mers,
Qui suivent, indolents compagnons de voyage,
Le navire glissant sur les gouffres amers.
À peine les ont-ils déposés sur les planches,
Que ces rois de l'azur, maladroits et honteux,
Laissent piteusement leurs grandes ailes blanches
Comme des av
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Constructed Wetlands Along Dahan River Bring Life Back to the River (Chinese Version)
Udn.com/CNA-News (2009/07/17) & The Liberty Times E-paper (2009/07/18) Constructed wetlands can not only purify sewage but also help conserve biodiversity. Environmental Protection Bureau, Taipei County, is executing 11 construction projects building wetlands along Dahan River. These wetlands all together
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Academia Sinica Molecular Biologists Report New Immune Tolerance Mechanism (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2009/07/17) Dr. Ming-Zong LAI, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, and his colleagues have discovered that a molecule called "Deltex1" contributes to immune tolerance. Their results, published in the July 17 issue of the highly influ
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NTHU Invents the Globally First Sunlight-Style Color-Temperature Tunable Organic Light-Emitting Diode (Chinese Version)
United Daily News (2009/07/16) National Tsing Hua Universiry-Department of Materials Science and Engineering Professor and Chair Jwo-Huei JOU's research team has succeeded in invention of of the first “Sunlight-Style Color-Temperature Tunable” Organic Light-Emitting Diode
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Academia Sinica Researchers Shed Light on One of the Mysteries of Cell Division, Move Closer to Understanding the Mechanism Governing Brain Size (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2009/07/15) The centriole is an organelle found in most animal cells. Its duplication involves the growth of a procentriole (a daughter centriole). Up until now, the molecular mechanisms controlling the
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NCKU-College of Medicine Proves Eps8 to Be A New Target for Colorectal Cancer Therapy (Chinese Version)
NCKU Realtime News (2009/07/07) Colorectal cancer is one of the top ten cancers in Taiwan, sexually irrelevant, and one of the major fatal tumors. Professor and Head of Department of Pharmacology, National Cheng Kung University, Tzeng - Horng LEU's research team proves that Eps8 is a new
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Lulin Observatory Names the Newly Observed Asteroid “Yushan” (Chinese Version)
Radio Taiwan International et al. (2009/07/14) Most of the press in Taiwan reported the news at the first place when National Central University announced the newly observed Asteroid No. 185546 (observed in Lulin Observatory on 28th-Dec. 2007) was officially entitled “Yushan” on 14th-Jul., right after the entitleme
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"Cape" Gray-Faced Buzzard-Eagles' Voyage Paths Have Been Captured for the First Time (Chinese Version)
Forestry Bureau Newsletter & Taiwan Environmental Information Center (2009/07/09) Raptor Research Group of Taiwan (RRGT) and Forestry Bureau have begun the cooperation on the satellite trace program of the Gray-Faced Buzzard-Eagles' migration paths since October 2008. Eight months later, t
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The Optical Network in the Highest Altitude in Taiwan Starts in Ali Mountain (Chinese Version)
The Liberty Times E-paper (2009/07/07) & BCC News (2009/07/08) The optical network system in the highest altitude in Taiwan – Ali Mountain Optical Network System starts on 8th-Jul. From the day on, the communication difficulties like microwave communication being the only applicable method for the
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Utilization of Low Temperature Sea Water and Multipurpose Technical R&D Model Plant Begins Construction on 1st-Jul. (Chinese Version)
Taitung County Government News (2009/07/02) National Deep Sea Water Research Program “Utilization of Low Temperature Sea Water and Multipurpose Technical R&D Model Plant Project,” which is related to “iTaiwan 12 Projects - Taitung County Deep Sea Water Indust
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Taiwan Has Made the First Maiden Voyage of GHG Marine Observation in the World (Chinese Version)
udn.com/CNA-News (2009/07/04) & Liberty Times E-paper (2009/07/05) “Pacific Greenhouse Gases Measurement” program (PGGM) has begun since 2008 and its first voyage of marine measurement has just been accomplished on 4th-Jul. This is the first marine measurement platform in the world, and, by being
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Incomplete BioBank Regulations Put People at Danger of Privacy Infringement, Calls the Lawmaker (Chinese Version)
Many transnational pharmaceutical companies are collecting and exporting blood and bio-samlpes in Taiwan, causing the concerns with privacy infringement and the further ethical issues. Lawmaker Sue-ying HUANG thus urges Department of Health to keep strict check on this and to co
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Tutor ABC and NTU Builds Global Chinese E-Learning Platform (Chinese Version)
NTU Newsletter (Issue 969) To undertake the mission of Chinese interpretation authority in the world, TutorABC and NTU together are building a Global Chinese E-learning Platform “NTUtorMing.” Both parties have signed the contract on 18th-Jun. Via online personal interaction to achieve Chinese learning, together w
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Elpida Quits PSC Board. Their Triangle Relations with TMC Draw Much Attention (Chinese Version)
Japan's DRAM manufacturer Elpida quits Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. (PSC) board, when its Japan governmental capital invesment is getting assured; this causes the worry aobut the relation between Elpida and PSC. PSC exclaims that this rearrangement dose not imply any change in its relation to E
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Academician Chiang-Chung MEI honored at OMAE conference 2009 (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2009/06/26) Academician Chiang-Chung MEI was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OOAE), Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), for his significant contributions to the field of Wave Mechanics and Hydrodynamic
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Innovation Energy Upgraded-- NCCU Completes Taiwan Industrial Innovation Database (Chinese Version)
NCCU Campus News (2009/06/27) The NSC Industrial Innovation Survey Program (trans. temp.), generally managed by NCCU President Se Hwa WU with the collaboration of six universities in Taiwan, adapts EU CIS standards to conduct the second survey of the industrial innovation activities in Taiwan
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The First IWA Symposium on Lake and Reservoir Management - New Approaches for Managing Source Water to Meet Water Treatment Targets Takes Place in NCKU from 28th-Jun to 2nd-Jul (Chinese Version)
NCKU News Center – News (2009/06/24) The First International Water Association (IWA) Symposium on Lake and Reservoir Management will take place at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) between 28th
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Taiwan Research Team Invents DNA Vaccine Skin Patch (Chinese Version)
NSC Feature Report, China Times E-paper & udn.com (2006/06/24) The NSC supported interdisciplinary research team of Associate Professor Chang-Jer WU, Department of Food Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Associate Professor Wen-Chi TSENG, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science a
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Academia Sinica - Computing Center Starts to Run DNS Root Server in Taiwan (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2009/06/22) In May, the Academia Sinica Computing Center (ASCC) successfully became one of the hosts of the "I" root name server, part of the global network of 13 Internet Domain Name System (DNS) root servers. This service will enhance the stability of all the networks
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Taiwan's First HCPV Solar Power System Inaugurated and Topped in Asia (Chinese Version)
China Times E-paper (2009/06/21) Liouying Scince Park started to use the new solar photovoltaic power generation system “Solar Tracking System,” whose capacity per year can reach 0.19 million kwh, sufficient for two hunderd people's daily need per day, and whose carbon reduction can reach 121 tons. Tain
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