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Artificial leather is produced in a fully automated process
The skin produced in the factory has long been a dream for pharmacists, chemists, and doctors. The research work set out the urgent need for a large amount of skin sampl…
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New insights into the evolution of the first angiosperms
About 130 years ago, Charles Darwin described the origin of flowering plants (otherwise known as angiosperms) as a very mysterious thing, which until today the scientifi…
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The first glowing monkeys in the world
Two Japanese scientists used gene implantation techniques to create monkeys with green hair, luminescent skin and blood vessels under special light.
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Heat-resistant coral reefs: struggle to survive when the Earth heats up
Experts say more than half of the reefs may disappear within the next 50 years, largely due to climate change, causing ocean temperatures to rise.
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The process of yeast reproduction does not have mating genes
A type of sexual cycle pathogenic yeast is able to turn into sexual intercourse in spite of a lack of reproductive genes.
Biology
Franklin bees may be extinct
Experts are looking for Franklin bumblebee species on the list of seriously threatened animals.
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Mechanism of resistance to many bacterial drugs
In an article published in Science, it first decoded the molecular mechanism by which bacteria resist many antibiotics, or even allow bacteria to adapt to a new environm…
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Switching energy to safety, bees straighten their legs to firmly fly in the wind
New research shows that some bees self-balance themselves with the wind and other disturbances by stretching their sturdy rear legs while flying.
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The secret of ant's healing ability
According to US scientists, the chemical in an ant species in China can help create anti-inflammatory drugs, relieve pain and cure many other diseases.
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Scientists create almighty stem cells from pigs
Scientists have been able to stimulate cells from pigs to transform into almighty stem cells - cells, like embryonic stem cells, capable of developing into any type of c…
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Must perform a new performance
In order to be given her privilege, the male must perform complex melodies.
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'Marriage' homosexual guarantees the race
The phenomenon of couples between same-sex individuals is not only very popular in the animal world, but also a necessary adaptation to maintain species development.
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The incredible revival of green butterflies in the UK
British scientists miraculously cleared a large hill, bringing a familiar habitat to red-headed ants, an important food of extinct green butterflies.
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The fake tree is sick to ward off the enemy
Scientists have found a plant capable of pretending to be ill to fool moths in Ecuador.