0428同步年報-2021-全

Facts & Figures 127 NSRRC Outstanding Paper Award Established to Recognize Distinguished Research Teams The award ceremony for the First NSRRC Outstanding Paper Award was held on November 24. The research team led by Prof. Hao Ming Chen from National Taiwan University has earned unanimous recognition from the panel of experts and was awarded a trophy and a prize of TWD 300,000. At the ceremony, Dr. Chun-Jung Chen, NSRRC Deputy Director, endorsed the team’s contribution and breakthroughs for the scientific innovations resulting from using NSRRC light sources. The former NSRRC Director, Academician Chien-Ten Chen, received the Presidential Science Prize in 2017. He donated the prize, including the trophy and the award money, to the NSRRC, for the purpose of encouraging and rewarding international and domestic research teams to spur significant scientific innovations using NSRRC synchrotron facilities. Academician Chen is a renowned physicist who has dedicated himself to explore science and build avant-garde instruments. He continues to excel in inventing high-resolution spectrometers, as well as developing soft X-ray experimental techniques and applications. Thanks to the full support from MOST, Academician Chen was able to lead the entire NSRRC team to accomplish the construction of Taiwan Photon Source, the most cutting-edge and the largest experimental facilities ever built in Taiwan. The team’s efforts have not only enhanced Taiwan’s international academic status and the competitiveness of scientific research but will also facilitate science and technology that makes a positive impact on improving human life and well-being. NSRRC Presenting Pop-Science Online at “2021 Kiss Science” scientists from National Museum of Natural Science. The wonderful collections and research regarding animals, insects, plants, minerals, archaeology, etc . were presented through “The Truth of Nature,” a short film series provided by National Museum of Natural Science. Participants were able to catch a glimpse of TPS vast experimentation facilities by walking inside its storage ring. Additionally, High-energy Optics & Electronics Laboratory (HOPE Lab) of National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) had a fun- science booth at this event. The HOPE lab provided interesting pop-science activities for the participants, allowing children to make a magnetic air cannon by themselves through DIY scientific exploration activities. Light: Things You Don’t Know about Synchrotron Light Sources”, NSRRC presented pop-science knowledge related to synchrotron radiation by guiding through the 518-meter storage ring of the Taiwan Photon Source, introducing how the 100-micrometer electron beams pass through the bending magnets and insertion devices and then reach experimental stations. The bright light produced by a synchrotron is considered the best sharp tool for scientific research of scientists worldwide. The other pop-science topic “Unraveling Proteins: Analysis of Protein Structure” offered a 360-degree panoramic image of experimental stations for field observation. People can become knowledgeable about the process of obtaining important data from protein crystals and solving protein structures; then the acquired results can be used for further application, e.g. drug development. The introductory video of this topic was one of the most-viewed videos at this event. The doors of these two venues set up by the NSRRC opened online for the first time, and provided access to interesting figures and easily understandable scientific information to the general public. MOST organized an annual pop-science event, “2021 Kiss Science,” with the purpose to provide an interesting science-learning environment since 2019. Each year, over 6,000 people participated in the event at more than 50 learning venues. This event was turned into an online platform this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total 93 venues, almost double that of previous years, were open for online learning and made it the largest scale ever. The online platform of “2021 Kiss Science” launched on November 18. The learning venues of the year were categorized into five fields—biotechnology and medicine, digital information, sustainable development, cutting-edge scientific research, and cross-disciplinary learning. These fields were highlighted as the focus of the week in rotation; the venues were set to open in their turn. NSRRC presented two scientific topics in the field of cutting-edge scientific research on this platform, “the Journey of Pursuing Light: Things You Don’t Know about Synchrotron Light Sources” and “Unraveling Proteins: Analysis of Protein Structure”. In “the Journey of Pursuing