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A new study provides a framework to boost crop growth by incorporating a strategy adopted from a fast-growing species of green algae. The algae, known as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, contain an organelle called the pyrenoid that speeds up the conversion of carbon, which the algae absorb from the air, into a form that the organisms can use for growth.
Cancer researcher Yibin Kang grew up in a small Chinese village. He is now Princeton’s Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology. "Immigrants play a vital part in the stunning scientific achievement of this country," he says.