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Mysterious animals 'stop sex' 80 million years
The tiny, all-female creature called bdelloid rotifer has survived over 80 million years on Earth without it.
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The new strain of SARS is related to bats
Bats may be the source of a new SARS-like virus, which killed a person in Saudi Arabia, according to AFP news agency, a new study published on November 20.
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Detecting algae can 'eat' cellulose
The flowers need water and light to grow. Even children know that plants use sunlight to gather energy from soil and water.
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Detecting cancer cell kill substance in a forest tree
Researchers at the Sarawak Center for Biodiversity, Malaysia (SBC) and Ohio State University are accelerating the development and commercialization of a compound that ca…
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Preserve 5 endemic endangered plants
According to the report of the Forestry Department, Shorea falcata is the endemic tree of Vietnam and the natural population is only found in Khanh Hoa. This tree is cla…
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Discovering new viruses that harm animals
Russia has banned the import of a batch of animal-derived food products from 11 German companies in violation of food safety standards, involving a newly discovered viru…
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Decoded the watermelon genome
Discovering the gene sequence of this fruit will help accelerate the breeding process and create nutritious, delicious watermelons that are more resistant to pests.
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Detecting microbial populations in places without oxygen and light
Scientists have recently discovered that ancient bacteria live beneath the icy surface of the Antarctic lake
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Discovered mechanisms for plants to have four different genotypes
One of the first chemical reactions that children are known for is photosynthetic reactions, combining carbon dioxide, water and solar energy to produce organic compound…
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US science successfully decodes the genome of wheat
A group of US scientists on November 28 said they have made great strides in decoding the genome of wheat, an essential agricultural product, inherently famous for its c…
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Pineapple smells of coconut
Australian researchers unknowingly created a new coconut-like pineapple variety, according to AFP news published on December 5.
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Seedless watermelon with apples
After the square watermelon, from the summer of 2013, many water fruits fans will enjoy apple-sized watermelons.
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Why does the mobile phone run and jump on the water?
Researchers from the University of Cambridge learned how the flying crickets fly easily on the water.
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The spider in the United States goes astronaut
A spider lived with 100-day astronauts on the ISS Space Station in a vacuum.
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Behind the
Recently, Dr. Bang Do from Hubei University, China and his colleagues published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology their discoveries that help explain why female spi…