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Last November, I wrote an open letter to Premier Philip Chen Chien-jen, who was said to be a “devout” Catholic on some ethical issues. I wrote my...

(Tokyo) Just like Italy - and probably at a higher rate than Italy - the Asian country is facing the problem of declining birth rates. "Kodomo mannaka", that is, a society that puts "children at the centre", is the slogan featured on the logo of the new "Child and Family Agency" created by the government headed by

 E-Mail IMAGE: Scientists from Hiroshima University and AIST in Japan engineered the bacterium Moorella thermoacetica to produce a volatile chemical from gaseous substrates at high temperature. It will realize economical thermophilic syngas... view more  Credit: Yutaka Nakashimada, Hiroshima University Acetone, a volatile solvent used for everything from removing nail polish and cleaning textiles to manufacturing plastics, could get a sustainability boost from a new strain of bacteria...