Bioengineered Bacteriophage-Like Nanoparticles as RNAi Therapeutics to Enhance Radiotherapy against Glioblastomas.

(Resource: NCKU)

Associate professors Kai-Ti Lin of the Institute of Biotechnology and Hui-Chun Cheng of the Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan have jointly identified the molecular mechanism by which cancer cells rapidly multiply---a mystery that has puzzled the scientific community for nearly a century.

(Resource: NTHU)

Professor Ching-Hwa Ho’s team at the Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Taiwan Tech, has recently successfully developed a novel one-dimensional optoelectronic semiconductor material, zirconium trisulfide (ZrS3).

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National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) has successfully performed the world’s first beating heart transplant with zero ischemic time, with the patient recovering smoothly and being discharged. This achievement marks a significant breakthrough in the field of heart transplantation.

(Resource: NTU)

Fossil specimens of a male Denisovan found in Taiwan (courtesy of National Museum of Natural History)

(Resource: NTU)

A research team composed of members from the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), and Tamkang University published a major breakthrough in Advanced Materials on April 16, 2025

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According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of people with dementia continues to rise, surpassing 300,000 in 2022 – of whom 96% were aged 65 or older.

(Resource: TMU)

As a new wave of lunar exploration heats up worldwide, National Central University of Taiwan teamed up with the Japanese startup space company ispace, inc to participate in their Mission 2. This mission led to the creation of Taiwan's first Deep Space Radiation Probe (DSRP).

(Resource: NCU)

A pioneering collaboration between National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital (NTUCH) has taken a significant step toward that goal, developing an innovative diagnostic workflow to assess the severity of FOXG1 syndrome—a rare and complex neurological disorder.

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A research team led by Dr. Hsuan-Hung Liao, Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), has made a breakthrough in organic synthesis with the development of an innovative, energetically uphill reaction powered by photocatalysis.

(Resource: NSYSU)