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Tomato 'clean' protects health very well
Research by the University of Barcelona (Spain) found that
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Dinosaur fleas
To attack dinosaurs, fleas from 165 million years ago must also grow to size commensurate with the massive body of the host. According to a report in the Current Biology…
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The plant species detects explosives
Scientists have created a genetically modified plant that has the ability to change color when there are traces of explosives in the air, which in the future can be used…
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Flowers bloom faster because of climate change
According to research by scientists at California San Diego University and a number of other research institutes in the US, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atm…
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Can trees flirt each other?
Biologists at Northern Australia University, in Perth under the guidance of Dr. Monica Gagliano and colleagues at Bristol University, UK, studied this issue. They used h…
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There is a cure for fungi
According to a report on PLoS ONE, Ophiocordyceps fungus after getting into the brain ants will control the host until the body is destroyed. Ants infected with this fun…
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Ants 'diet' for carnivorous plants
Nepenthes bicalcarata live in the nutrient-rich peat forests on Borneo island. It is not a very effective carnivore. Their warm-leaf leaves lack smooth walls and sticky,…
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Japan has successfully grown a low-absorbing variety of Cadmium
The American Plant Cell magazine recently reported that researchers at Okayama University, Japan, have successfully cultivated a rice variety that hardly absorbs Cadmium…
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Mushroom decomposes plastics
Very complex and durable chemical bonding of products made from petrochemical technology helps them resist the ability to break down naturally. It has been estimated tha…
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Forest princess butterflies rarely see thousands of children in Sapa
Several decades of trafficking all over the forest, but this is the first time to meet thousands of large, yellow-brown butterflies flying in the wet sandy beaches along…
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Deep threatens the London Olympics 2012
The parade of athletes and visitors to the Olympics is covered by oak trees, which on the oak canopy is where a worm is nesting and living. This is a worm, each with up…
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The fight against human cannibalism
Aimee Copeland - a 24-year-old woman living in Carrollton, Georgia, USA - infected with a strain of bacteria capable of causing Necrotizing Fasciitis, a form of streptoc…
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The first successful decoding of the tomato genome
For the first time, a group of international scientists successfully deciphered the tomato genome, paving the way for the study of measures to improve nutrient content,…
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Thorel warm lid reappeared in Vietnam after more than 100 years
A joint survey between the Institute of Tropical Biology and Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park and researchers from France and the UK, in August 2011 confirmed the existence…
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Extremely poisonous spider bites deadly
Indian media reported that poisonous spiders appeared in Sadiya village, Assam state. They are quite large in size and jumpy spider shapes, but local experts do not know…