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Heart Failure Hits Asians Earlier
A study of 8,000 heart failure patients shows that heart failure occurs at a much younger age for Asians, who develop the disease a good decade before people in Western countries.
Taiwanese Academician Bags International Chemistry Prize
Academia Sinica Chemist Dr. Peng Shie-Ming has been awarded the Luigi Tartufari International Prize in Chemistry.
Cooperative Societies Are Consistently Fit
Scientists from Taiwan and the US have found that cooperation leads to consistently high breeding success in beetles.
Crooning In The Concrete Jungle
The Mientien tree frog seeks out the open concrete drains commonly found in Taiwan to amplify its mating call, a study shows.
Orb-Web Spiders Masquerade As Bird Poo
Scientists have shown that disrupting the orb-web spider's bird dropping masquerade makes them four times more likely to be attacked by predatory wasps.
Fast Growing Bornean Trees Important For Carbon Cycling
Rainforests in Borneo produce 50 percent more wood biomass than comparable forests in the Amazon, scientists say.
ASLAN & CSL To Develop Asthma Treatment
ASLAN acquires license for CSL334, an anti-IL13 receptor monoclonal antibody for the treatment of asthma.
How Cells Read Ubiquitination
Research by Taiwanese scientists reveals the role of K33 ubiquitination in protein trafficking.
Demystifying Rule-Defying DNA Polymerases
A team of scientists in Taiwan has uncovered how a viral DNA polymerase breaks the golden Watson-Crick rule.
