（中央社記者陳清芳台北10日電）中央大學和國泰醫院發表幹細胞新技術，可以快速蒐集幹細胞，還能將成熟老化的細胞返老還童，變成誘導型萬能幹細胞，特性與生命初始的胚胎幹細胞類似，激發最大的再生能力。

中央大學化學與材料學系教授（木通）口亞紺指出，研究團隊以人類纖維母細胞做為研究對象，用生物工程的方式進行誘導分化，使得這個成熟老化細胞具有分化成內胚層、中胚層、外胚層的能力，變成誘導型萬能幹細胞，近似胚胎幹細胞。

U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to "win the future" by out-innovating the rest of the world was a ringing climax of his State of the Union address this week. Obama suggested increasing U.S. investment in research and development, a good and welcome step. But what will really determine U.S. competitiveness in the global ideas market isn't the money we can pour into the system. It's the strength of the system itself --  the social, political, and cultural institutions that shape ideas from start to finish.

There is no doubt that China and India are catching up with the United States when it comes to hardware -- the raw materials for innovation. They are increasing their spending on science and technology, training more engineers and scientists, applying for more patents, and churning out more research papers. 

（中央社記者吳協昌台北20日綜合報導）台灣高球女將曾雅妮勢不可擋，今天拿下LPGA泰國本田菁英賽冠軍。她今年開季以來已連拿4座冠軍；24日在新加坡開打的匯豐銀行高球錦標賽，小妮子要延續冠軍紀錄。

在高爾夫賽場上，要拿冠軍已不容易，何況是連拿4座冠軍盃。前墨西哥球后歐秋雅在2008年曾經寫下連續4週奪冠的紀錄，也締造了美國女子職業高爾夫巡迴賽（LPGA）45年來首度4連冠的紀錄，可見其難度。