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The scavenger flowers bloom again
This exotic flower originates from equatorial tropical forests in Sumatra Province, western Indonesia, and is technically named Indonesia's Giant Calf Tree (Amorphophall…
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Turn cockroaches into fuel cells
Case Western Reserve University experts (USA) have exploited the metabolic system in cockroaches to convert into electric current.
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Strange flowers have scent
On an island off the coast of Madagascar, Greg Wahlert - Ph.D. botanist from the University of Utah has discovered a new flower up to 1.5 meters tall and blooms once a y…
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Discover the ancient fossil fly 'vampire'
Scientists have published the fossils of bat flies, the tiny
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Discover new anti-aging herb
Thuong son (Scientific name: Dichroa febrifuga) is a flowering plant, belonging to the family Hydrangeaceae. They are small trees, up to 2m tall, cylindrical, smooth, pu…
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An Amazon mushroom can be used for plastic recycling
Pestalotiopsis microspora occurs in the Ecuadorian rainforest, discovered by a team of research students led by chemical molecular professor Scott Strobel, during an exp…
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Mold may be 'pharmaceutical factory'
Scientists at Vienna University of Technology (Austria) have introduced bacterial genes into trichoderma to produce important chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry f…
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Production of microbial fertilizer from cassava residue
Due to high organic matter content, cassava residue is often used as organic fertilizer for plants.
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Herds of bees are ready to suppress opponents aggressively
How do flock animals reach consensus in decisions? The first experiments show that the mechanism to accept decisions is complex and not the majority always prevails.
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Beautiful flowers cure malaria
During the past 2,000 years, Chinese oriental medicine specialists have been treating malaria with root extract from a kind of hydrangea flower growing in Tibet and Nepa…
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Legislation of genetically modified corn harmful
France yesterday asked the European Union's agricultural regulatory authorities (EU) to suspend licensing of Monsanto's genetically modified corn because of their advers…
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Converting waste cooking oil into biofuel
Scientists at the Institute of Chemistry - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have successfully studied the method of converting waste cooking oil into biofuel by…
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Remember the smell of the enemy
The ant nests, one of the oldest and most effective social structures, can together form an integrated memory of their opponents. Experts at the University of Melbourne…
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The 'monsters' of the ocean
The oceanographers have found some marine creatures that live on the bottom of the ocean - it can be said to be the deepest place on Earth.
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Revive the frozen tree 30,000 years
Russian scientists have discovered a 30,000-year-old fruit that is naturally preserved in squirrel caves in Siberia's permafrost. They conducted experiments to revive th…