On November 15, 2007, Our Program Direct, Dr. Chien-Te Chen, distinguished physicist at the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). The TWAS has chosen Chen for his "outstanding contribution to science and its promotion in the developing world," in the congratulation letter issued by professor Jacob Palis, President.....

Today, on June 5, 2007, the German Federal Minister of Education and Research Dr. Annette Schavan officially launched the European X-ray laser facility XFEL. "The funding negotiations with the 12 interested countries are so far advanced that the construction of this new research facility, which is very much sought after by the international scientific community, can now begin," said Schavan in front of representat.....

Just as astronomers use specialized observatories to study distant galaxies, chemists and molecular biologists need advanced tools for studying nanoscale structures that are in some ways as inaccessible as the far reaches of the cosmos. Now, thanks to a collaboration among Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, researchers have a new tool fo.....

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) at SLAC Contributes to 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (2006/10/04) (Link)

The opening ceremony of Synchrotron-based Protein Crystallography Facility at the NSRRC was attended by some of Taiwan's best known leaders in research and education as well as government officials.    (2005/11/03) (Link )