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Panamanian President Awards Yuan-Tseh Lee Panama's Highest Honor (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/10/19) Academia Sinica President Emeritus Yuan-Tseh LEE has been awarded the "Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero" by the Government of the Republic of Panama for playing a leading role in the advancement of science for educational and peaceful purposes. The President of Republic of
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Academia Sinica's Institute of Ethnology Opens Exhibition of Historical and Contemporary Dolls and Puppets (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/10/17) The Institute of Ethnology opened an exhibition of dolls, puppets and figurines entitled “Go! Figures: The Culture and Charisma of Statues, Puppets, and Dolls” on October 17. The display will run from October 17, 2012 to July 31, 2
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Orchid Growers in Taiwan Eye Brazilian Business (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/10/09) Taiwan’s orchid growers are eyeing the Brazilian market with the aim of selling highly priced varieties to the South American country.
Taiwan Orchid Growers Association Secretary-General Chun-pi TSENG visited the municipality of Mogi das Cruzes in the state of Sao Paulo earlier this week, where he ta
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Culture Award Honors Promoters of Taiwan-EU Ties (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/10/11) & CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/10/09) Czech academic Taoa DRAHOSLAVA and French institute Maison des Cultures du Monde each received awards earlier this week honoring their contributions toward enhancing cultural exchanges between Taiwan and Europe.
The French-Taiwanese Cultural Foundation Award will dr
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Energy-saving Farming Project to Reduce Land Subsidence (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/10/08) The Cabinet announced on October 8 an eight-year project to build a "golden agricultural corridor" in areas suffering from land subsidence in central Taiwan to help improve profits for farmers.
The NT$3.3 billion (US$113 million) plan, to be implemented between 2013 and 2020, will cover
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First Arabidopsis Symposium in Taiwan held at NCKU (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2012/10/05[15]) The first Arabidopsis Symposium in Taiwan was held at Department of Life Science of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, on September 24-25, with world-renowned scholars and researchers from Germany and Japan exchanging knowledge regarding Arabidopsis.
Source: NCKU News
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Cloud Computing Forum Focuses on Trends, Applications (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/10/11) A forum on the cloud computing industry opened in Taipei on October 11, attracting local experts, industry representatives and government officials, as well as many from elsewhere in Asia and the Middle East.
Hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the annual Taipei Summit, now in its
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Academia Sinica Research Team Has Found the Drugs for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Treatment (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica News (2012/10/04) Academician Che-Kun James SHEN at Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica recently has been cooperating with Professor Kuen-Jer TSAI at Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, leading the research team successfully
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Academia Sinica's Biological Chemistry Researchers Find New Protein-DNA Interaction, Broaden Understanding of Molecular Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance of Staph (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/09/27) A recent study by a research team from the Institute of Biological Chemistry (IBC), Academia Sinica, led by Distinguished Research Fellow Andrew H.-J. WANG has increased unde
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Gigantic Digital Imaging Camera Installed on Subaru Telescope to Unravel Mysteries of Dark Energy (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/09/26) An international collaboration of astronomers led by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and including a group of scientists from the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) installed a gigantic dig
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NTU and DOH Inaugurate National Center for Food Safety Education and Research (Chinese Version)
NTU Newsletter (Issue 1106) Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health (DOH) and College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University (NTU) set up a center for food safety education and research together and the center was inaugurated on August 31, 2012. The National Center fo
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NCKU Researcher Team's Findings on Higgs Transition of North and South Poles of Electrons in a Magnet Published in 《Nature Communications》 (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2012/09/09) & Science Daily (2012/08/02) Minimal evidence of a Higgs transition of north and south poles of electron spins was observed in a magnet Yb2Ti2O7 at the absolute temperature 0.21 K. A fractionalization of these monopo
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Five-year Breast Cancer Survival Rate for Female Patients in Taiwan above 90% (Chinese Version)
The China Post (2012/09/23) The five-year survival rate for female breast cancer patients in Taiwan has increased to higher than 90 percent in recent years, thanks to significant improvements in medical testing and treatment.
This was among the encouraging reports presented at an international s
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National Science Council Launches Free Lecture Series Promoting Classic Works of Literature and Arts (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/09/21) In an effort to promote appreciation for classic works of literature, the National Science Council (NSC) is planning to hold a series of free lectures on various subjects starting next week.
In 1999, the council initiated a project for the translat
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National Yang Ming University Research Team Reports Breakthrough in CO2 Reduction (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/09/23) A Taiwanese research team has reported a breakthrough in carbon dioxide (CO2) capture biotechnology which it hopes will contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.
The research team, led by Chuan-hsiung CH
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Six Academia Sinica Scholars Elected TWAS Members, Awarded Prizes (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/09/21) The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) announced the election of five Academia Sinica Academicians among its 2012 list of new members on September 18. In addition, one research fellow from Academia Sinica was elected a TWAS Young Affiliate. The announceme
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Biologists at Academia Sinica Develops a New Molecular Strategy to Suppress Hepatitis C Virus Replication (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/09/20) A research team at Academia Sinica led by Drs. Michael M.C. LAI at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Tien-Hsien CHANG at the Genomics Research Center recently uncovered a key molecular player in hepatitis C virus replication.
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DOH Plans to Put Personal Health Information in Cloud (Chinese Version)
CNA – Focus Taiwan (2012/09/17) The Department of Health (DOH) intends to build a health platform by storing individuals' personal health information and medical records in a cloud.
The new platform will facilitate the management of personal digital medical records, cut waste resulting from overlapping medical treatme
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Taiwanese, Australian Teams Make Breakthrough in Nano Storage Research (Chinese Version)
CNA – Focus Taiwan (2012/09/18) A new type of nanotechnology developed by research teams at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Taiwan and Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) in Australia will make it possible to at least double data storage density, NCTU said September 18.
The new technology
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Google, Chunghwa Telecom Ink Deal on YouTube Broadcasting (Chinese Version)
CNA – Focus Taiwan (2012/09/18) Google Inc.'s video website YouTube will soon be available on a digital television service offered by Chunghwa Telecom Co., the local company said September 18.
The content will be introduced under an agreement signed last month with Google to give the carrier access to YouTube's appl
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Molecular Biologists at Academia Sinica Observe Restoration of Low Mutation Rates in Yeast Cells Over 6,700 Generations – Validate Evolutionary Genetic Theory (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/09/19) A research team led by Dr. Jun-Yi Leu, an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology has validated the long-standing hypothesis in population genetics: that h
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Academia Sinica Vice President Fan-Sen WANG Receives Paju Book Award Planning Prize (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/09/17) Academia Sinica Vice President Fan-Sen WANG will receive the Paju Book Award Planning Prize at the annual Paju BookSori Festival in Paju Book City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on September 17 afternoon. Vice President WANG, who will receive the prize
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Taiwanese Team Identifies Gene Responsible for Cerebellar Atrophy Type 22 (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2012/09/14) & CNA – Focus Taiwan (2012/09/12) A Taiwanese medical team said on September 12 that it has made a breakthrough in identifying a gene that causes a degenerative disorder of the nervous system. The findings could lead to new medical treatments for the genetic disease: cerebellar
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Electric Car Development between Taiwan, Germany Promoted at Forum (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/09/15) A forum recently organized in Frankfurt, Germany by the Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) focused on future electric car development between Taiwan and Germany, the ITRI said on September 15.
The "Europe Meets Taiwan" forum, which had
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Researchers Tabulate Disturbing Changes and Disappearance in Biodiversity in Southern Taiwan Coral Reefs over Last 26 years (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2012/09/11) A group of twelve researchers from Taiwan, Malaysia and Australia, including several members of Academia Sinica’s Biodiversity Research Center have found that over the past 26 years the composition of the coral re
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Taiwan, Canada Celebrate 15 Years of Tech Efforts with Cooperation MOU (Chinese Version)
The China Post (2012/09/08), Taiwan Today (2012/09/07) & Marketwire (2012/09/06) Taiwan and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on technological cooperation on September 6 to mark 15 years of partnership between the two nations in that area. Mr. John R. MCDOUGALL, President of the National R
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Taiwan, Canada to Jointly Develop Vaccines (Chinese Version)
CNA - Focus Taiwan (2012/09/07) Taiwan and Canada officially began a project on September 6 aimed at developing preventive vaccines against hospital-acquired infections, Science Minister Cyrus CHU announced on September 6 during a visit to Toronto.
Under the project, researchers are being asked to develop new vaccines within three
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NCKU Researchers Develop Novel Application of Microalgae (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2012/09/03) Researchers at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Tainan, have developed microalgae biomass energy technology and other application of health food and skin care products recently.
A team, led by Distinguished Professor Chia-hsiu CHANG at NCKU Department of Chemical Engineering, has
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Taiwan, Japan Exchange Ideas on Post-earthquake Recovery (Chinese Version)
CNA – Focus Taiwan (2012/09/03) Representatives from Taiwan and Japan met at a forum in Taipei on September 3 to discuss what Taiwan can learn from Japan's reconstruction since the country was heavily hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami last year.
A total of 450 participants have registered to attend the Taiwa
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NTOU Identified Germ Cells and Somatic Cells in Coral Bodies for the First Time in the World (Chinese Version)
CNA, RTI & newtalk.tw (2012/08/29) In an NSC press conference on August 29, National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) presented the findings of a research team led by the university's president Ching-Fong CHANG on coral development and reproduction. The research result contributed by th
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