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1 January 2026

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FEATURE STORY

NYCU Self-Healing Functional Fabric to Weave an Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Future

Recently, “fast fashion”—characterized by rapid production, shortened fashion cycles, and affordable consumption—has significantly reshaped the traditional textile and apparel industry ecosystem. The resulting controversies regarding manufacturing pollution, water resource depletion, and the massive recycling and disposal of waste have prompted global academia and industry to continually rethink how to strike a balance between commercial interests and environmental protection

As a result, Professor Jiun-Tai Chen, Dean of the College of Science at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, and the research team from the “Optoelectronic Polymer Research Group” chose to leverage their expertise in polymer materials, and successfully developed functional fabrics capable of “self-healing” after damage, aiming to significantly reduce the environmental impact of discarded textiles...

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Academics

AI and Semiconductor Boom Drives Record Competition for NYCU Graduate Programs

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) has reported a sharp rise in applications to its master’s programs for Academic Year 2026 (115th academic year), with artificial intelligence, computer science, and semiconductor-related departments emerging as the most competitive fields. Several …

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Campus Life

NYCU 2025 ICT Open Labs Turn Student Innovation into Real-World Action

What does the future of technology look like when it steps out of the classroom and into society?

At National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), the answer is taking shape through code, carbon fiber, drones, and immersive digital worlds. From December 22 to 24, NYCU ICT Innovation Workshop hosted its…

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Research Highlights

NYCU Study Reveals Real-Name Users May Be More Likely to Commit Online Exclusion

Is anonymous trolling really the main culprit of online bullying? New research from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) suggests the answer is more complicated. A research team at NYCU’s Institute of Education has …

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Science & Technology

NYCU–Japan Collaboration Unveils World’s First Automated Stem Cell Cultivation System

A Taiwan-led research team has written a new chapter in regenerative medicine. After five years of close collaboration, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and the CiRA Foundation at Kyoto University—founded by Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka—have unveiled the world’s first fully automated …

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Industry Cooperation

NYCU Teams Up with U.S. Chipmaker Altera to Launch World’s Largest FPGAi Joint Lab

As global demand for semiconductor and AI talent accelerates, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) has partnered with U.S. semiconductor company Altera to launch what the university says is the world’s largest …

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1 January 2026

NYCU 2025 ICT Open Labs Turn Student Innovation into Real-World Action

NYCU Hosts MEGA DAY as Startups Converge Across the Indo-Pacific

From Integration to Leadership: Notes from My Four-Year Journey of University Merger

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