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Japan: Creating sperm from versatile stem cells
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Japan: Creating sperm from versatile stem cells

Japanese scientists have recently planned to build cells from multipurpose stem cells (iPS) - a type of cell that can transform into many different cellular organization…

December 17, 2018
New AC5 rice variety has high yield
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New AC5 rice variety has high yield

The same variety AC5 is the first national rice variety created by a hybrid hybrid with the anther culture technique in Vietnam.

December 17, 2018
Turn used cooking oil into biofuel
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Turn used cooking oil into biofuel

Scientists from Vietnam Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Technology have successfully produced biofuels from waste vegetable oil.

December 17, 2018
Investigate the death of 20,000 bees
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Investigate the death of 20,000 bees

A museum in Canada is investigating the unexpected deaths of 20,000 honey bees living in a special nest, wrapped in a glass layer placed in a gallery at the museum.

December 17, 2018
The melon fruit is longer than 2m
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The melon fruit is longer than 2m

These are incense incense cultivated by Thai Ngoc Lam's family in Phuoc An hamlet, Phu Tan commune, Chau Thanh district, Soc Trang province.

December 17, 2018
Self-control of disease-free potato varieties
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Self-control of disease-free potato varieties

The Institute of Agricultural Biology, Hanoi Agricultural University has completed the process of producing disease-free potato varieties, limiting the situation that th…

December 17, 2018
Causing stress for potatoes
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Causing stress for potatoes

New method of producing functional foods that you can make yourself to improve health and prevent diseases: Causing stress on plants.

December 17, 2018
Detecting new carnivorous plants
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Detecting new carnivorous plants

Scientists at Grenoble University (France) have discovered a kind of aquatic carnivorous plant, which absorbs nutrients from

December 17, 2018