Kaohsiung, Dec. 15 (CNA) Taiwan's first indigenous submersible completed a nearly two-hour underwater dive in August, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), which developed the vessel for scientific research, announced Thursday.
Staff writer, with CNATaiwan’s first indigenous mini-submarine completed a nearly two-hour underwater dive in August, National Sun Yat-sen University （NSYSU）, which developed the vessel for scientific research, announced the record-setting achievement and held a demonstration dive yesterday.
Research centers in Taiwan and India on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), paving the way for them to cooperate on science and education projects.
The MOU was signed remotely by Taiwan Ocean Research Institute director Wang Chau-chang (王兆璋) and T.G. Sitharam, director of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati’s Centre for Disaster Management and Research.
The agreement would see the Kaohsiung-based school and the Indian institute’s Centre for Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems organize workshops, hold short-term courses and international conferences, and promote exchanges between their students and faculty members.
The Ocean Research Institute was established in 2008 and is one of the
New Delhi, March 15 (CNA) Two research centers in Taiwan and India have signed a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for them to work together on science and education projects.
The management of a research vessel has been accused of flouting government regulations by letting the ship sail out to sea amid a COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan.
However, the management said the vessel had departed before the nationwide COVID-19 alert was raised to level 3.
The Chinese-language Apple Online yesterday reported that the crew of the R/V Legend (勵進), managed by the Kaohsiung-based Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (TORI), insisted on setting sail even as the managements of three other research vessels had canceled voyages, leading to concerns that a cluster infection could break out onboard.
The vessel returned to Tainan’s Port