台灣自來水公司 issued an update about a water outage in Zhenfeng Village, Futian Village, and Fengtian Village in Neipu Township, Pingtung County, caused by emergency repairs to a burst pipe. The severity is minor, and the outage is in effect from 2026 November 4 15:39 to 19:00.
台灣自來水公司 issued a water outage notice for Dahang Village, Guishan District, Taoyuan City, due to repairs to a leak in a 100mmDIP pipe in front of 547, Section 2, Dahang Road.
台灣自來水公司 issued a water outage alert for multiple villages in Longtan District, Taoyuan City, due to routine leak repairs at 6 Zhongzheng Road. The outage is scheduled from 2026 November 4 15:29 to 22:30.
台灣自來水公司 issued a warning about a water outage in Wantan Village, Zhongpu Township, Chiayi County, due to emergency repairs to a burst pipe. The outage is scheduled from 2026 November 4 14:53 to 19:30.
台灣自來水公司 is suspending water service in some villages in Shanshang District and Zuozhen District, Tainan City, on 2026 November 4 to accommodate soil testing and drilling work by 台南市政府.
Emergency repairs are being carried out on a leak in a 100mmPVCP pipe in front of 36, Lane 20, Chenggong Street, Bade District. Water service will be suspended in Bailu Village and Guanglong Village, Bade District, Taoyuan City.
台灣自來水公司 issued a water outage alert due to leak repairs at 93 Gongyuan Road, Shoufeng Village, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County. The outage is scheduled from 2026 November 4 14:31 to 17:00.
台灣自來水公司 is carrying out emergency repairs to a burst pipe at 41 Yishu South Street, Longjing District, causing a water outage in Fulian Village, Xitun District, Taichung City, and Donghai Village, Longjing District, on 2026 November 4.
水利署 issued an update on uncontrolled overflow from Baoshan Second Reservoir into the Shijing River, affecting Baoshan Township and Emei Township in Hsinchu County, as well as the East, North and Xiangshan districts of Hsinchu City. Residents along the river were urged to remain alert and stay away from the riverbed.
A pipeline replacement project on Section 二 of Fushan Road in Guanyin District by 台灣自來水公司 will cause water outages in Datong Village, Xinpo Village and Guangfu Village in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City.
台灣自來水公司 issued a water outage alert for parts of Shanlin District, Kaohsiung City, due to emergency repairs to a burst pipe. Affected areas include Shangping Village, Yuemei Village, Shanlin Village and Xinzhuang Village. The outage is in effect from 14:04 to 17:00 on November 4, 2026.
Pipeline replacement work on Section 二 of Fushan Road in Yin District and other areas by 台灣自來水公司 damaged the connection between old and new pipes, causing water outages in some villages in Dayuan District, Zhongli District and Guanyin District, Taoyuan City.
台灣自來水公司 issued a water outage notice for Fuguili Village, Yongkang District, Tainan City, due to emergency repairs to a burst pipe in front of No. 53, Fuhua 3rd Street.
台灣自來水公司 is carrying out a pipeline replacement project in Ershui Township, Changhua County, to improve the stability of the water supply and ensure water quality. The work will cause a water outage in Guozhen Village.
台灣自來水公司 issued an alert about water outages in parts of Fengyuan District, Taichung City, due to emergency repairs to a burst pipe. Affected areas include Beinan Village, Wengming Village and Fengyuan Village. Water service is expected to be restored by 5 p.m. on November 4, 2026.
台灣自來水公司 is carrying out emergency repairs after a pipeline was damaged during excavation next to No. 163, Datong Road, Jianguo Village, Toufen City. The work will cause water outages in Shanxia Village, Chenggong Village, Jianguo Village, Xinglong Village and Toufen Village in Toufen City, Miaoli County.
台灣自來水公司 is carrying out pipe connection work after severing a pipe for a water-main extension project in alleys including those in Dalian Village, Pingtung City, Pingtung County. The work will result in water outages and reduced water pressure in parts of the area, affecting Weixin Village.
Call for financial institutions to submit proposals for fund management and financial planning
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
財團法人國家實驗研究院 is inviting financial institutions to submit proposals for fund management and financial planning, for reference in future fund management.
National Institutes of Applied Research Teams Up with 汎銓科技 to Overcome Post-Structure Analysis Bottleneck in Next-Generation EUV Process, Helping Taiwanese Firms Break into the Supply Chains of Major International Semiconductor Companies
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
國研院國儀中心 and 汎銓科技 have cooperated to successfully develop an atomic layer deposition coating technology with an operating temperature below 100℃, solving the problem of wafer structure analysis after High-NA EUV processes. This result helped 汎銓科技 break into the supply chains of the world's top 3 semiconductor equipment makers and manufacturers, and it was cited and published by the international leader 艾司摩爾(ASML).
Racing against death: NARLabs develops key AI technologies for disaster prevention and relief
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
國研院國震中心 has launched three AI disaster prevention and relief technologies, including the "POSEIDON 1" firefighting water supply dispatch assistant, the "Rapid Building Earthquake Damage Assessment AI Model," and "Safe and Earthquake-Resistant: My AI." They are applied respectively to fire rescue, post-disaster building assessment, and home health checks for the public, in order to improve rescue efficiency and living safety.
18th NARLabs Cup i-ONE Instrument Technology Innovation Award: National Tsing Hua University and Mingdao High School take top prizes
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
At the 18th NARLabs Cup i-ONE Instrument Technology Innovation Award, National Tsing Hua University and Mingdao High School won first prize in the college and secondary school categories respectively, with companies such as Syntec Technology co-sponsoring and supporting the event.
The 2026 Special Excellence Award went to the research team of Distinguished Professor Chih-Lung Lin of the Department of Electrical Engineering at 成功大學
8 research centers under NARLabs
at the 2025 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC25) held in St. Louis, USA
Building a cross-disciplinary biomedical research collaboration platform: Professor Fang-Chia Chang takes over as director of 國研院 生物模式中心
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
國研院 held a handover ceremony for the director of the 國家生物模式中心 on October 1, 2026. Distinguished Professor Fang-Chia Chang of the College of Veterinary Medicine at 國立臺灣大學 took over, aiming to build a cross-disciplinary biomedical research collaboration platform.
Pooling cross-disciplinary resources to improve the science and technology policy support system: Professor Chao-Ning Liao takes over as director of the NARLabs 科政中心
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
The 國家實驗研究院 under the 國科會 held a handover ceremony on October 1, 2026 for the director of the 科技政策研究與資訊中心 (科政中心). Professor Chao-Ning Liao of the Department of Economics at 國立清華大學 took over, aiming to integrate resources and improve the science and technology policy support system.
Taiwan and Europe join forces in semiconductors! 國研院 hosts the TECIF 2026 Taiwan-Europe Chip Innovation Forum in Belgium to jointly build a resilient global Silicon Island ecosystem
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
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Facts
attracted more than 300 senior representatives and experts and scholars from industry, government, academia and research in Taiwan and Europe
國研院 ✖ National Library of Public Information: Popular science special exhibition opens, Dim. Strolling. Scavenger: Discovering the life trajectory of the giant isopod
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
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Facts
aphotic zone environments below 200 meters in depth
oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface
the seabed at a depth of about 2,500 meters at most
In 1977, when the US crewed submersible 阿爾文號 (Alvin) was carrying out a dive mission in the Pacific Ocean
國研院 teams up with top Taiwanese and Japanese scholars to break through key 2D materials technology, successfully achieving a highly uniform continuous film of tungsten disulfide with 100% coverage on a 6-inch wafer
國研院 holds the finals and award ceremony of the 1st batch of the 115 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incentive Program. Atlas, Cannova Bio康諾瓦生醫, and 巨噬原力 win the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award
2026 Science Inquiry Competition "Teach Me and I'll Understand" international finals: Flipping the science narrative when science myths meet AI judgment
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
Summary not yet available
Facts
This year attracted 1,240 teams from Taiwan and abroad to register
as many as 3,874 participants joined in
This year 70 teams from overseas regions registered to compete
accumulating nearly 15,000 valuable science popularization works
Boosting the fight against liver cancer! 國研院 and 成功大學 AI platform detects liver lipid droplets with 98% accuracy, cutting mouse pathology analysis from 2 months to 2 weeks
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
Summary not yet available
Facts
The domestic prevalence of fatty liver is as high as 54.8%
for every 10,000 fatty liver patients, 8 may progress to liver cancer
quantitative reports are ready in just 2 weeks
traditional fully manual interpretation takes at least 2 months
the "distribution range of fatty liver cells" in the livers of mice on a high-fat, high-sugar diet was as high as 88.39%
only about 0.09% in the regular diet group
normal liver sections have only 3.07 inflammatory foci per square millimeter
while the steatohepatitis group has as many as 39.7
The 長庚大學 team, first-prize winner of the NARLabs Cup i-ONE Instrument Technology Innovation Award, wins second place in the IEEE IMS global student competition
Taiwan-France Science and Technology Cooperation Upgraded Again: NIAR Takes Part in the 2nd Taiwan-France Science and Technology Conference to Deepen International Ties
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家實驗研究院
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April 2026
Bringing together nearly 200 representatives
June this year
Companies mentioned:國家實驗研究院、NIAR、國科會、格勒諾布爾 - 阿爾卑斯大學、UGA、台灣半導體研究中心、國家高速網路與計算中心、法國國家健康與醫學研究院、Inserm、CEA 電子暨資訊技術實驗室、CEA-Leti、LID World Summit 2026、台灣海洋科技研究中心、TORI、法國海洋開發研究院、Ifremer
Damage from the earthquake centered in northeastern Chiba Prefecture and response status of fire departments and other agencies (Report 2, updated R8.10.29)
Published ・ Source Japan | 消防庁
Second report on damage from the earthquake centered in northeastern Chiba Prefecture (R8.10.29) and the response status of fire departments and other agencies. Maximum seismic intensity of 5 lower, no tsunami, human and housing damage under confirmation.
Damage caused by Reiwa 8 Typhoon No. 30 and a weather front, and response by fire service organizations, etc. (Report 5; updated R8.11.2)
Published ・ Source Japan | 消防庁
The 5th report on damage caused by Reiwa 8 Typhoon No. 30 and the seasonal rain front reports human casualties—2 deaths and 3 injuries—as well as damage to homes and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency’s response structure.
Report No. 6 on damage in Akita Prefecture from heavy rain since Oct. 21, Reiwa 8, and the response of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. 1 death was confirmed in Yurihonjo City, and the evacuation order was lifted.
消防庁災害対策本部 issued Report No. 25 on damage from Typhoons No. 25 and No. 26 and fronts in Reiwa 8, and the response of fire-fighting agencies and others. Human casualties and housing damage occurred in Chiba, Kanagawa, Tokyo and other prefectures, with a total of 17 deaths and housing damage of 414 completely destroyed, 1,259 half-destroyed and 2,412 flooded below floor level.
Report No. 2 on the change in the volcanic alert level due to volcanic activity at Mount Tokachidake, and the establishment and dissolution of disaster response headquarters by 北海道 and 消防庁.
A flash report compiled by 消防庁 on damage from the Kumamoto earthquake that struck at around 16:27 on July 28, Reiwa 8 (Report No. 66, updated Oct. 5), and the response of fire-fighting agencies and others. A maximum seismic intensity of 7 was observed in Uki City, Hikawa Town and elsewhere in Kumamoto Prefecture. Human casualties were 38 deaths and 376 injured; housing damage was 2,408 completely destroyed, 7,802 half-destroyed and 59,394 partially damaged, for a total of 69,604 buildings. All 11 fires and 64 rescue cases have been dealt with, all evacuation orders have been lifted, and 緊急消防援助隊 have been withdrawn in stages.
Facts
Seismic intensity 7 Kumamoto Prefecture: Uki City, Hikawa Town
Kumamoto Prefecture 38
Total 38 43 333 376
Fires: all 11 fires that had occurred have been extinguished
Rescue: all 64 cases that had occurred have been dealt with
Number of people rescued … total 98
Support teams from within the prefecture assisted the local emergency medical system with a force of about 30 personnel
聖安德魯斯大學 principal leads delegation on first visit to Academia Sinica, focusing on Taiwan studies and interdisciplinary research collaboration
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院
聖安德魯斯大學 principal Sally Mapstone led a delegation to visit Academia Sinica. The two sides discussed Taiwan studies, biomedical collaboration and net-zero technologies, and explored talent development and long-term academic partnerships.
Facts
Founded in 1413
A three-day itinerary
More than 130 countries worldwide
This year (2026)
70th anniversary
Achieve net-zero emissions by 2035
Companies mentioned:中央研究院、聖安德魯斯大學、教育部、臺灣大學、政治大學、國家圖書館、史語所、政治學研究所、近代史研究所、台積電、Nature Medicine
Event record〉José Manuel Barroso visits the institute: symposium on "Geopolitics, a Peaceful Opportunity for the Development of the EU and Asian Countries"
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院
José Manuel Barroso, former Prime Minister of Portugal and former President of the 歐盟執行委員會, visited 中央研究院 to take part in an academic symposium on the "Taiwan Bridge Project," jointly organized by the 政治學研究所 and the 世界和平基金會. Barroso shared his experiences as Prime Minister of Portugal, President of the European Commission, and Chair of the Board of 全球疫苗免疫聯盟, and held in-depth exchanges with scholars from within and outside the institution on topics including Portugal's democratic transition, coordination mechanisms in EU-China relations, the impact of the Trump administration on US-Europe relations, the challenge of extremist forces to European democracy, a geopolitical analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the implications of the situation across the Taiwan Strait and European integration.
Facts
The academic symposium was held on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026
About 60 scholars in fields including political science, economics, sociology, and law took part in the symposium
Barroso, then just 18 years old, joined the anti-authoritarian movement out of dissatisfaction with restrictions on political freedom
and in 2012, together with the President of the 歐洲理事會, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the European Union
Barroso also served as Chair of the Board of 全球疫苗免疫聯盟 (Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance) from 2021 to 2025
In 1974, Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" (Carnation Revolution) broke out
He looked back on his experience of serving ten years as President of the European Commission
Barroso recalled a conversation in 2008 with then US President George Walker Bush (George Walker Bush) during the 二十國集團 (G20) summit
Companies mentioned:中央研究院、政治學研究所、世界和平基金會、葡萄牙天主教大學、國立臺灣大學、國立政治大學、普林斯頓大學、全球疫苗免疫聯盟、Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance、歐盟執行委員會、歐洲理事會、歐盟理事會、歐洲議會、二十國集團
Applications are open for the 116 academic-year doctoral admissions of the Academia Sinica's International Graduate Program (TIGP)
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院
Applications are open for the 116 academic-year doctoral admissions of the Academia Sinica's International Graduate Program (TIGP), which offers 14 doctoral programs. The application period runs from Nov. 1, 115 to Feb. 1, 116, and no application fee is charged.
Former Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry and President of the 瑞典皇家科學院 Sven Lidin visits Academia Sinica
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院
Sven Lidin, President of the 瑞典皇家科學院, visited Academia Sinica and met with President Chien-Jen Chen and several academic and research leaders, focusing on cooperation in glycoscience, proteomics, and precision medicine, and sharing international experience in research governance.
中研院 announced that the "115 Academia Sinica Scholars Program Mid-term Results Presentation" will be held on Nov. 10 and 11, 115, at the Lecture Hall of the Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, with registration closing on Nov. 6, 115.
Event registration> 115 "中研講堂" Keelung session popular science lecture
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院
The 115 "中研講堂" will hold a popular science lecture in Keelung at National Taiwan Ocean University on Nov. 19, featuring three thematic talks, with registration open from Nov. 2 to Nov. 16.
中研院 President Chien-Jen Chen receives the "McLaren Professor Leadership Achievement Award" from the 亞太公共衛生學術聯盟
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院
At the 57th annual meeting of the 亞太公共衛生學術聯盟 (APACPH) held in Tainan, 中研院 President Chien-Jen Chen was presented with the "McLaren Professor Leadership Achievement Award" in recognition of his outstanding contributions in epidemiology, environmental health, and the prevention and control of chronic hepatitis and cancer.
Facts
Today (the 22nd)
57th
1982
50 ppb
10 ppb
200,000 people
17 institutions
1 to 2 people
1988
1984
23 countries
more than 110 institutions
Companies mentioned:中央研究院、中研院、美國約翰斯·霍普金斯大學、世界衛生組織、WHO、美國環保署、EPA、臺灣人體生物資料庫、Taiwan Biobank、台灣精準醫療計畫、Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative、TPMI、亞太公共衛生學術聯盟、APACPH
Regarding the 1st Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tsuruga–Shin-Osaka) Subcommittee
Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will establish the “Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tsuruga–Shin-Osaka) Subcommittee” under the Railway Division of the Land Transport Subcommittee of the Transport Policy Council to confirm the 5 conditions for construction to begin on the Tsuruga–Shin-Osaka section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, among other matters. The 1st subcommittee meeting will be held on Nov. 6, Reiwa 8.
Facts
5 conditions for construction to begin
The 1st subcommittee meeting will be held on Nov. 6
The 9th study meeting on systems to promote the calculation and assessment of building life-cycle carbon will be held: Discussions on the direction of specific system design ahead of the system’s launch in fiscal 2028
Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold its 9th review panel meeting to discuss specific aspects of the system design, including standardized calculation rules, ahead of the launch in FY2028 of a building life-cycle carbon assessment system under the amended Act on the Improvement of Energy Consumption Performance of Buildings.
Deliberation on Changes to the Basic Plan for Water Resources Development in the Kiso River System — A Fundamental Review Toward a Risk-Management-Oriented Plan
Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the 13th subcommittee meeting on Nov. 10 to deliberate on a fundamental review of the Basic Plan for Water Resources Development in the Kiso River System, shifting it from a demand-driven to a risk-management-oriented approach.
Facts
The Kiso River Subcommittee has met 3 times
The 13th Kiso River Subcommittee meeting of the Water Resources Development Subcommittee of the National Land Council will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10
The 13th Kiso River Subcommittee meeting of the Water Resources Development Subcommittee of the National Land Council
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will hold the 7th Expert Review Meeting on Chemical Substance Management on Nov. 10, Reiwa 8, with topics including consideration of concentration limit values. Attendance is online only, and applications must be submitted through a form operated by 三松堂ホールディングス.
Regarding the 138th Meeting of the Long-Term Care Insurance Subcommittee of the Social Security Council
Published ・ Source Japan | 厚生労働省
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will hold the 138th meeting of the Long-Term Care Insurance Subcommittee of the Social Security Council on Nov. 9, Reiwa 8. Topics include draft standards for specified regions and measures for implementing a registration system for fee-based homes for older people. Attendance is open only to members of the press, and the meeting will be streamed live on YouTube.
Social Security Council (Long-Term Care Insurance Subcommittee)
Published ・ Source Japan | 厚生労働省
Page providing information on the 138th meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Long-Term Care Insurance Subcommittee of the Social Security Council and its agenda (draft standards for specified regions and measures to implement a registration system for fee-based homes for older people).
Outstanding amounts by issue of Japanese government bonds held by 日本銀行
Published ・ Source Japan | 日本銀行
Data on outstanding amounts by issue of Japanese government bonds held by 日本銀行. The amounts held in 2-year, 5-year, 10-year, 20-year, 30-year and 40-year bonds, as well as climate transition bonds and inflation-indexed bonds, are listed in units of 100 million yen.
Abbey “Cornish Clotted Cream” (sold at 東武百貨店池袋本店) - Refund/Recall
Published ・ Source Japan | 消費者庁
Abbey’s “Cornish Clotted Cream” is being refunded and recalled from products sold at 東武百貨店池袋本店 because of an incorrect best-before date (shown as Nov. 9, 2029, but the correct date is Nov. 9, 2026). The response began on Oct. 30, 2026.
締潔公司 fined for conducting multilevel marketing without filing!
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 公平交易委員會
The Fair Trade Commission fined 締潔國際股份有限公司 NT$100,000 for conducting multilevel marketing without filing, and issued a warning over its false and misleading promotional claims.
The Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance Weekly Report page notes that the graph colors and other elements were revised starting in Week 15 of 2026, and includes links to PDF data for Week 52 through Week 1.