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Isolation of blood stem cells in pure form
50 years ago, researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada discovered stem cells.
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Armed in ... a drop of water
Some waters have very little creature, at first glance like 'saltwater desert' but when thoroughly studied there are surprisingly high concentrations of microorganisms.
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Colonial colonial behavior changes after winning
The colonial ants attacked other colonies: Robbing and killing other colonial soldiers' ants or keeping enemy ants as slave ants. The ant colonial species is often consi…
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Symbiogenics: Strategies to mitigate climate change impacts on rice
Scientists can make rice adapt to climate change and catastrophic consequences, by transplanting fungal spores onto rice and other seeds or crops for seeds. , according…
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Detecting human face spider
Recently, a citizen in Liaoning, China discovered a spider whose body resembles a human right in his garden.
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The Timema stick 'rests on the pillow' for 1 million years
Genetic researchers have revealed the Timema rod insect that lives in the dirt around the west coast of the United States that has lived for 1 million years without ever
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Ability to neutralize toxic insecticides of honey bees
Researchers at the University of Illinois, USA, discovered intestinal enzymes of honey bees that can neutralize poisons of pesticides commonly used to kill ticks in hone…
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Spider 'sniffs' to identify 'safe' partner
New research shows that male spiders can identify a 'safe' mate by sniffing spider silk. According to the BBC news agency, males may have used this skill to avoid starvi…
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Detection of the Eibi1 mutant gene in wild barley plants
Researchers at Haifa University, Israel, have discovered mutant genes in wild barley plants grown in the Judean desert, Israel, the discovery is a precursor to an intern…
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Gene controls plant growth
Scientists at the University of California at San Diego, said they discovered three genes in plants that control their growth every day, Russia's KM site said.
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Korea successfully created glowing dogs
Korean scientists recently claimed to have created a glowing dog thanks to a cloning technique, which could help find treatments for human diseases such as Alzheimer's a…
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The largest butterfly in Southeast Asia appears in people's houses
Over the past two days, many curious people came to Pham Thi Nhu Thao's house in Tam Phuoc commune, Phu Ninh district (Quang Nam) to see firsthand a large butterfly with…
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'Incest' insects
Scientists have discovered that cotton mealybug (Icerya purchasi) has a very special sex life related to bloodline. Females are able to fertilize their eggs without mati…
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Use Pseudomonas bacteria as fertilizer
Scientists working at Michigan Technological University, USA, found Pseudomonas capable of removing copper, increasing soil fertility in the soils (formerly copper mines…
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Mushroom is higher than 10m
Chinese biologists discovered giant mushrooms with a height of more than 10m and a volume of up to half a ton in Hainan Province.