Nitrogen fixation occurred first in eubacteria, not arches

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/7341 Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li and colleagues at the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, have published a study that overturns the conventional hypothesis on the origin and…

Traffic jams with frequent brake use generates aerosols with health risks

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/221103/topic_nt_02.html A research team from Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and National Taiwan University (NTU) has found that not only the concentration of particulate matter (PM) but…

Listed Pharma startups in Taiwan

https://bio.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/column/16/062200025/092800021/ Nikkei Biotech has published a list of pharma ventures in Taiwan. These are Company name Security code Listing date Business PharmaEssentia Corp 6446 2016 Treatment of…

Genistet, a soybean ingredient, prevents cardiovascular side effects of marijuana

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/220904/topic_nt_01.html https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00443-3 Researchers at the Taiwan National Taiwan University (NTU)  have found that genistein, a component in soybeans, red clover and other plants, prevents the adverse cardiovascular…

Taiwan’s ITRI holds workshop on “Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence”

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/220905/topic_nt_03.html Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on August 2 hosted the 2022 International Workshop on Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) online. More than 500 participating experts discussed AI…

Taiwan and UK discuss offshore wind power, port development and biomass

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/220905/topic_nt_02.html The Bureau of Energy, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the British Office Taipei, Taiwan’s equivalent of an embassy, jointly held the 4th Taiwan-UK Energy Dialogue…

Academica Sinica Taiwan detects new lead for anti-cancer drug

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/7253 Swainsonine, an alkaloid, is an inhibitor of human Golgi alpha-mannosidase II and can control cancer growth by preparing N-linked glycosylation, but clinical development has been suspended…

Report: Taiwan’s science and technology capability

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/experience/2022/topic_et_22.html In the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2021, Taiwan ranked 8th out of 64 countries/regions evaluated, a new record high. The Research Center for Asia-Pacific Studies (RCAP)…