The mineral was assumed to have radioactive properties - Nobel laureate and former Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲) wrote his master's thesis on the topic - and was used as part of linear accelerator experiments in the department of physics. Highlights of the research and Taiwan's first accelerator can be found at the Heritage Hall of Physics.
Though the Insect Museum and Herbarium of National Taiwan University will not open to the public until next year, enthusiasts can still get an idea of what to expect from the displays at the Chuan Lyu Hall.
The prehistoric artifacts, minerals, fossils, specimens of plants, animals and insects, combined with the variety of laboratory instruments and equipment will interest a wide variety of scholars and laypeople. Taken together, they provide an in-depth look at the development of NTU's sciences and humanities over the past century.
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