Contents
20 Sep 2018
Issue 4
The “Built Environment and Health” session of the collaboration between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and National Taiwan Univ....more
Like all organisms, marine phytoplankton require nitrogen to live and grow. Although the majority of the air we breathe is N2, the nitrogen in the atmosphere is n....more
A major challenge in tissue engineering is the lack of proper vascularization. Because host-capillary invasion upon the implantation of man-made tissues requires ....more
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most prevalent adult leukemia in the Western world. CLL belongs to the indolent lymphoma category, but its clinical cour....more
The field of organic electronics has enjoyed increasing interest over the past decade. Organic light-emitting diodes, field-effect transistors and solar cells hav....more
All inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots (QDs) have attracted considerable interest because of their high photoluminescence, tunable and narrow emission wave....more
The comparative and population genomics landscape of Phellinus noxius
Under most circumstances, fungi coexist with trees or act as saprotrophs responsible for ....more
Graphene supports long spin lifetimes and long diffusion lengths, making it promising for spintronics. However, rendering graphene magnetic remains a fundamental ....more
A must-read for endoscopists Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the preferred treatment for bile duct stones and plays an important role....more
Tailoring nanoarchitectures for functional applications Zeolitic
imidazole frameworks (ZIFs), a subclass of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
built with tetrahedra....more
Conservation areas generally consist of natural resources that must be sustained and preserved, such as habitats, species, ecosystems, and the services they provi....more
Interview：Professor Yu-Wen Chen
Intercountry adoptions have been justified as being in the best interests of children who cannot receive suitable care in their....more
The long history of Chinese historical narratives that originated in the Shang-Zhou (商周) era, bloomed in the Warring States (戰國) period and prospered in the H....more
This volume is neither an introduction to Xunzi’s (ca. 315-235 BCE) philosophy nor a collection of those research articles and essays that the author has co....more
An Introduction to Sociology of Climate Change
In modern society, nation states have faced various challenges, including housing bubbles, pollution, and unempl....more
Studies of the MERS-CoV macro domain conducted by NTU structural biologists reveal a promising new therapeutic target.
The macro domain is a well-known prote....more
It is well known that DNA secondary structure and methylation are involved in regulating gene expression in mammals. Research has shown that G-quadruplex (G4) str....more
Systems biology is a data-driven science in which a combination of experimental and computational approaches are used to understand complex dynamic biological sys....more
How cells maintain their genome integrity is our long-term interest. The genome is constantly exposed to various endogenous and exogenous insults, ranging from en....more
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by deficits in social communication. To explore the developmental changes in....more
Humans exhibit a remarkable cognitive flexibility to adapt to novel contexts. This great flexibility for new contexts relies on three cognitive abilities in conce....more
Coral reefs are shallow-water ecosystems that occur in tropical and subtropical seas. They feature very high biodiversity and primary productivity, as well as bea....more
Biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) relationships have received much attention from ecologists, conservation biologists, and managers because they can be used t....more
The integer quantum Hall (IQH) effect, first discovered in 1980 by von Klitzing [1] (a 1985 Nobel Laureate), is one of the most fascinating discoveries in physics....more
Liquid-core/liquid-cladding optical waveguides offer optically smooth liquid/liquid interfaces to guide light along microfluidic liquid streams with adjustable op....more
Spin-orbit coupling is a source of many exotic physical phenomena found in various condensed matter systems; these phenomena, such as the current-induced spin Hal....more
Inflammation is an important component of innate immunity and is quickly induced by the host upon pathogenic infection. Upon infection, innate immune cells, such ....more
Upon vessel wall injury, the integrity of the endothelial cell layer is disrupted, and platelets interact with exposed extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules. The i....more
Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a major psychiatric illness with a chronic recurrent course, ranked among the leading disabling diseases worldwide. Lithium medication r....more
Why do firms with high R&D intensity offer their investors higher stock returns? Although R&D typically has long-term implications for future earnings, it....more