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Groundbreaking Discovery: VGH–NYCU Research Team Successfully Uses Silk Fibroin to Convert Quiescent Cardiomyocytes to Pacemaker Cells
More than 40,000 people in Taiwan have cardiac pacemaker implants. Scientists in Taiwan discovered a silk fibroin (SF) that converts quiescent cardiomyocytes into pacemaker cells that can beat on their own, thereby restoring the heart’s beating. This groundbreaking discovery was published in the renowned journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. The
The student team representing NYCU Department of Civil Engineering achieved excellent result in IDEERS 2022
In order to encourage students to participate in scientific competitions and stimulate their creativity, the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering held the IDEERS on September 17, 2022. The competition invited major universities in Taiwan to participate to promote the scientific exchanges among students. The NYCU’s Department of Civil
[NYCU SDGs Project] No More Loniness For Learning Disabilities
To identify children with learning disabilities more efficiently, this project established a learning disability AI detection system, as a way to detect and diagnose learning disabilities. Professor You-Yin Chen and his research team established the AI typo detection systems in smartphones. They held an online training session to let speech‑language
[NYCU SDGs Project] The Living Museum: The Sixth Fuel Factory
Wen-Shu Lai, the associate professor of the Institute of Applied Arts in NYCU, has been leading her team to revitalize Sixth Fuel Factory in Hsinchu with the project named “Hsinchu Living Museum” in recent years. There was once an international immersive theater in the Sixth Fuel Factory which was produced
[NYCU SDGs Project] The AIoT Talent Enhancement Program
To make the remote primary students equipped with basic AI knowledge, this project trained teachers and helped them to be capable of teaching primary students coding, IoT, and gaming design; positive results were achieved. This project also invited disadvantaged students in NYCU to work as teaching assistants to help the
[NYCU SDGs Project] Zero Waste Recycling Rooftop Farms
After 14 years of research and development, Jehng-Jung Kao, a professor of NYCU Institute of Environment Engineering, finished the first zero waste recycling rooftop farms, which can be easily built on balconies and rooftops. The values of this project align with the core values of the following SDGs: SDG 2:
