Science & Tech

An artificial intelligence (AI) show opened in Shanghai on Saturday that featured for the first time a cross-Taiwan Strait exhibition zone where Taiwanese companies such as Inventec Corp. and MediaTek Inc. showcased their technologies.

Taiwanese high school students won one gold and three silver medals at the 2025 International Biology Olympiad in Quezon City, Philippines, with all four team members earning awards.

Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said Thursday during the opening ceremony of BIO Asia-Taiwan 2025 that the government will promote cross-disciplinary integration of chips and AI to upgrade the biotech sector and enhance global competitiveness, positioning Taiwan as a trustworthy international partner.

The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) announced Thursday that the first FORMOSAT-8 satellite (FS-8A) may be launched in October at the earliest.

An AI robotics alliance was established in Taiwan on Tuesday that hopes to capitalize on the current AI boom and generate more than NT$1 trillion (US$34.01 billion) in production value by 2030.

As the United States pushes forward with its spaceport program, which could cut travel time between Houston and Taiwan to 2.5 hours, Taiwan said Monday it welcomed the initiative but that specific plans still required further evaluation.

A research team at Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH) has discovered that specific concentrations of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the blood can help determine migraine risk and disease status, with an accuracy rate of over 90 percent.

Former Academia Sinica President Wong Chi-huey (翁啟惠) and Philippine infectious disease specialist and entrepreneur Raul V. Destura were named recipients of the 2025 BIO Asia Award on Monday, according to the BIO Asia-Taiwan international committee.

Cryotherapy is effective in eliminating benign oral vascular anomalies (BOVAs) with a low risk of recurrence, offering a non-invasive alternative to traditional treatments, according to a study publicized by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) on Wednesday.

The sleep apnea detection feature on Apple Watch has become available in Taiwan after it received approval from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) for use as a medical device, Apple said Wednesday.