The annual biotechnology event BIO Asia Taiwan in 2021 started on November 4. This was the first joint exhibition of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) after the merger of National Yang Ming University and National Chiao Tung University. NYCU not only prepared booths with the most abundant themes encompassing three major topics, namely, AI smart projects and digital medicine, health and functional food ingredients, and new drug development and regenerative medicine, but it also had 15 booths, which was the highest in number over the years. The resident companies of the Center of Entrepreneurship and Incubation collaborated with the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Global Research and Industry Alliance (GLORIA) platform to demonstrate the latest biomedical research and ...

  The memory device is an indispensable hardware unit for storing data in computer systems, but now the new generation of intelligent memory has more applications! Not only can data be stored, but also a huge amount of computing operations can be executed. It combines storage and computing in the same memory, similar to a human brain. Such in-memory computing architecture mimics the biological neural networks in the brain and is the future hope for realizing high-performance and low-power artificial intelligence (AI). The research team, led by Prof. Tuo-Hung Hou from the Institute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), has been working on in-memory computing technology for many years. Through the cross-layer design of memory devices, memory ...

Lien Cheng-chang, a distinguished professor at the Institute of Neuroscience, NYCU, and his research team had devoted themselves to studying the neural circuits in the hippocampus that regulates and control anxious behavior. They subsequently identified the neural mechanisms through which the hippocampus mossy cells resist anxiety. The remarkable research results were published as the cover article in Cell Reports (a prestigious international journal) on September 14, 2021. In recent years, the busy and fast-paced lifestyle has resulted in increased incidence of emotional disorders caused by various reasons, among which the percentage of anxiety disorder cases has been rising annually. Professor Lien indicated that recent studies have revealed the crucial roles played by the hippocampus on regulating emotions. The hippocampus transmits ...

Winners of the Future Science Prize, which is considered the Nobel Price of ethnic Chinese people, were announced on September 12. Dr. Simon Min Sze, a lifetime chair professor of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, won the 2021 Mathematics and Computer Science category of the Future Science Prize for his contribution to the global development of semiconductor devices by proposing a fundamental theory on carrier transmission between metals and semiconductors. Dr. Sze will attend the award ceremony in Beijing in November. The Future Science Prize was established in 2016 and the first private science prize jointly founded by scientists and corporate owners in Greater China. It is offered in three categories, namely Life Science Prize, Physical Science Prize, and ...