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
[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
Smart City Flood Prevention Platform
The Disaster Prevention and Water Environment Research Center assisted New Taipei City Government Water Resources Bureau in developing the New Taipei City Smart River Planning and Flood Prevention Platform (hereafter the Smart City Flood Prevention Platform). The urban smart control platform collects and compiles water resource data, including meteorological radar
