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New Supercomputer to Augment Weather Bureau's Forecasting Accuracy (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/25) The Central Weather Bureau said on November 25 that a supercomputer that will be used to forecast weather starting in December will greatly enhance the accuracy of weather reports.
The bureau said it had purchased the new system to allow constant weather updates as the older
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Unveiling the Myth of Analyzing Statistics and Detecting Causality, NTU International Team Had Recent Research Result Published on 《Science》(Chinese Version)
NTU Spotlight Professor Chih-hao HSIEH of NTU Institute of Oceanography and Institute of Ecology and Revolutionary Biology and his international research team have just had the recent research result published on Science on October 26: "D
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ARM Announces Taiwan Partnership (Chinese Version)
The China Post (2012/11/23) & CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/22) British chip designer ARM Holdings PLC announced November 22 a partnership with Taiwan's state-funded Institute for Information Industry, a move designed to help local engineers develop applications based on ARM's technology.
ARM, which licenses architecture for chips used in mo
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New TSMC 20-nm Chip Plant Breaks Ground (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/23) Phase-six construction of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 14th wafer foundry, which will be the first plant in the world to mass produce 20-nanometer quad-core chips, broke ground in southern Taiwan November 23.
The project is part of TSMC's planned NT$500 billion (US$17.17 billion) invest
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NCKU Hosts Largest-ever ABC Symposium (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2012/11/19) The largest symposium ever in the history of the Asian BioCeramics (ABC) Symposium took place at Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) with nearly 135 participants from 11 countries around the world presenting their latest research, famed Japanese scholar Masahiro YOSHIMURA said November 19 at the 12th ABC
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Taipei to Host Symposium on Clean Coal Technology (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/24) An international symposium on carbon dioxide capture, storage and utilization will be held for the first time next week in Taipei, with the aim of sharing experience of clean coal technology development, according to the organizers.
Some 250 scholars, experts and government officials from eig
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Unique Wildlife Park Set to Open in Chiayi (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/11/21) The Aogu Forest Recreation Area (鰲鼓濕地森林園區) in Chiayi County’s Dongshih Township (東石) — a 14.7km2 wildlife park, which houses the Aogu wetland that has been recognized as a globally important habitat for birds — will be opened to the public this weekend.
After three years of planning and preparation, the f
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University Unveils Robots for Sports, Housekeeping (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/11/22) A laboratory at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has developed two human-sized robots that can engage in a variety of sports activities and help with household chores.
The robots have won International robot championship awards, and represent an advancement in domestic-designed robots for the
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ISSCC Selects 19 Research Papers from Taiwan (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/22) Nineteen research papers from Taiwan's business and academic sectors have been selected for presentation at the major conference of the Solid-State Circuits Society in the United States next February, the organizers said November 22.
The papers cover areas including advanced nanometer processes, g
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Strike on the Drug Resistance Problems of Influenza Infections (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/11/21) Tamiflu, an orally available drug targeting influenza neuraminidase, has been used widely in clinics for treating influenza virus infections. Over the years of usage, influenza viruses have developed resistance over Tamiflu. A timely judgment of the use of Tamiflu or Zanamiv
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Taiwan Needs to Focus More on University Museums: Official (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/20) Taiwanese universities should step up efforts to build museums on campus to enhance students' learning experience, a Cabinet official said November 20.
The function of a university museum is not only to teach but also to provide opportunities for students to experiment in certain are
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Taiwanese Claim Prize at European Satellite Navigation Contest (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/11/16) & CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/15) Taiwanese have won a prototype prize at the European Satellite Navigation Competition, the state-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) said November 15.
Taiwan’s entry, a “connected vehicle” prototype, was awarded the Galileo Pro title
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Neo Solar Power Joins Hands with Delta Group (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/19) Delta Electronics, Inc. and Neo Solar Power Corp. (NSP) jointly announced a strategic cooperation plan November 19 with the aim of forming the largest solar cell company in Taiwan.
The partnership will consolidate the solar cell and module operations of NSP and DelSolar Co., a subsidiary of Delta
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Mental Disorders Doubled in Taiwan over Last 20 years, 《Lancet》 Reports (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/11/16) A research team led by Professor Andrew Tai-Ann CHENG, a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of the Biomedical Sciences has found that the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs) in Taiwan has doubled over the last twenty years (1990 to 2010), parall
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Taiwan-Israel Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Science Held in NCKU (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2012/11/08) Ten delegates from Israel and 20 from Taiwan gathered in National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, for a two-day workshop in which they shared research findings on artificial intelligence and ocean science.
The workshop, Taiwan-Israel “Artificial intelligence
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Researcher in Taiwan Finds Formula to Predict Probability of Strokes (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/11/11) A Taiwan researcher said November 11 he has come up with a formula to predict with an 80 percent accuracy rate the chances of someone getting a stroke within 10 years, based on their medical records.
After analyzing the medical records of 500,000 people, Chi-pang WEN, a res
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2009 Nobel Laureate Dr. Elizabeth BLACKBURN to Lecture at Academia Sinica (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/11/08) Professor Elizabeth BLACKBURN, recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, has been invited by the New Century Health Care Promotion Foundation to give a lecture at Academia Sinica on November 9, 2012. The lecture will be entitled “Telomeres and T
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Academia Sinica's Researchers Discover Molecular Mechanisms of Left-right Asymmetric Control in the Sea Urchin (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/11/05) Researchers at the Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology ( ICOB ), Academia Sinica recently uncovered the molecular mechanisms that control the left-right asymmetry that leads to the five-fold radially symmetric body pla
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Plant Biologists find Import of Proteins into Chloroplasts is Dependent on Age (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/10/31) A research team lead by Dr. Hsou-min LI, a Research Fellow from the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica recently discovered that the import of proteins into chloroplasts in plants is dependent on age, upturning the previously accepted notion that
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Academia Sinica Pledges Continued Collaboration with Indian National Science Academy (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/10/30) To further facilitate scientific corporation between Academia Sinica and Indian academic community, President Chi-Huey Wong and President Krishan LAL of the Indian National Science Academy signed a revised agreement on scientific cooperation on October
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Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet — CODATA International Conference at Academia Sinica (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/10/29) The International Council for Science Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) 23rd International Conference is being held at Academia Sinica from October 28 to 31, 2012. The theme of this year’s conference is “Open Data and
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Taiwan Wins Big at British Invention Show (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/10/27) Taiwan bagged 22 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals and three special awards at the 12th British Invention Show, its best showing ever at the United Kingdom's largest exhibition of invention, innovation and technology.
Taiwanese research teams from eight universities, two high schools and two
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NCKU and AD Group Sign Licensing Agreement for Carbon Fiber Mat (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2012/10/26) A National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) research team has developed a vapor grown carbon fiber mat (VGCF mat) which exhibits ultra-high thermal conductivity, an ideal heat spreader material for potential use in electronic devices such as smart phones and tablet computers.
Dr. Jyh-Ming Ti
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Academia Sinica Researchers Unveil Regulatory Mechanisms of an Acid-activated Type VI Secretion System in Agrobacterium Tumefaciens (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/10/26) A research team led by Dr. Erh-Min LAI, Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, recently reported the regulatory mechanisms of a bacterial protein secreti
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ITRI Wins Wall Street Journal Technology Honors (Chinese Version)
Taiwan Today (2012/10/17) Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) received runner-up honors in two categories of The Wall Street Journal’s 2012 Technology Innovation Awards Oct. 16.
ITRI is the only dual winner this year, with its products SideLighter in the energy category and aePLASMA in manufacturing techn
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Inventors from Taiwan Nab 46 Gold Medals at Polish Invention Show (Chinese Version)
RTI (2012/10/21) Inventors from Taiwan have walked away from an invention show in Poland with no less than 86 awards. That's more than any other single country in attendance.
Taiwan was one of 15 countries represented at this year's invention show. Of Taiwan's 86 awards, 46 were gold medals, 33 were silver,
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Students from Taiwan Awarded Red Dot's Highest Honor (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/10/20) A design that aims to offer post-natural disaster assistance in Taiwan was awarded a Red Dot Luminary, the highest honor of the Red Dot Design Award, at the 2012 award presentation ceremony in Singapore Friday.
The "Float Base Station," a mobile communication device designed by graduate st
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Cultural Creative Industry Expo Kicks Off in Taipei (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/10/18) An international expo kicked off Thursday in Taipei, displaying cultural and creative products and technologies from Taiwan and abroad.
The expo, to run until Oct. 21, has over 500 companies and organizations from 15 countries and regions occupying 952 booths, according to the Ministry of
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Taiwan-France Electric Vehicle Seminar Focuses on Trends (Chinese Vresion)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/10/18) A Taiwan-France forum on the electric vehicle sector opened in Taipei on October 17, attracting hundreds of experts and industry representatives from the two countries.
The Taiwan-France Automotive Industry Cluster Exchange Seminar is focusing this year on future trends in electric veh
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NCKU and STSP Set Up Cheng Kung Club to Boost Up Academia-Industry Collaboration (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/10/19) National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, and Academia-Industry Consortium for Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) collaboratively set up “Cheng Kung Club” to signify the commence of academia-industry partnerships and strengthen the interactio
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