A collaboration including researchers from Kobe University, University of Tokyo and Tohoku University has successfully identified and disrupted genes in the yeast Pichia pastoris (1) in order to increase its secretory production of useful proteins (2).
Children with better memory abilities might achieve higher social standing among their peers, a study by Academia Sinica and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has suggested.
The research team experimented on laboratory mice and studied children’s behaviors to reach the conclusion.
Mice and children with better memory have a higher chance of becoming leaders among their peers, and would further consolidate their position using this advantage, the study said.
The team was led by Academia Sinica’s Institute of Biomedical Sciences assistant research fellow Yang Shi-bing (楊世斌), NTHU Department of Early Childhood Education associate professor Chou Yu-ju (周育如) and NTHU Institute of Biotechnology
Scientists from the University of Florida were able to successfully grow plants in lunar soil gathered and brought back by NASA's Apollo astronauts. The experiment, which was funded by the space agency, aims to later provide food sources for astronauts living and operating in deep space.