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Four more species of dragonflies have never been discovered
On September 11, Tim Kinght of the Wildlife At Risk - WAR said a Vietnamese entomologist had accidentally discovered four new dragonflies and dragonflies on Phu Quoc isl…
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Stem cells are suitable for swinging action
US scientists found that stem cells prefer to be swayed and moved gently, in the same way, but more so when they are in the mother's womb.
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New rice variety: Less water, higher yield
An international team of scientists has produced a kind of rice that can grow better and use water more efficiently than other rice varieties. Professor Andy Pereira of…
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English: Fear of 'half-human beasts'
The Greeks seem to have a reason to build the legendary Centaur, a half-horse and half-human monster. This can become a reality through a command to allow the hybridizat…
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Birth of seedless lemon
A farmer's accidental discovery led to the creation of the world's first seedless lemon species. Some call this the most important lemon development since it came to Eur…
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Plants bloom only once in their lives
Waiting to be tired for 28 years, eventually scientists at Bangor University, northern Wales, also saw the amazing thing: the
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Bees choke enemies to death
The new discovery raises the total number of ways bees use to deal with enemies into 3, including: burning - which means that bees commit suicide, heat others, and cripp…
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Hydro: a new energy source to replace oil and gas in the future
LTS: It is no wonder that Australian Prime Minister John Howard of the host of the APEC summit this year raised the issue of climate change (from emissions) as the main…
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Magnet enhances the production of ethanol
Brazilian scientists have discovered the benefits of magnetic waves that can enhance the production of ethanol and reduce the cost of fuel produced from ethanol.
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Kill the larvae with ... bacteria
Use bacteria to kill ... larvae. A group of scientists at the HCMC Pasteur Institute has successfully studied microbial products from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israe…
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Pollinate support for coconut wax in Tra Vinh
In Hoa An commune (Cau Ke, Ben Tre), engineer Ngo Thanh Trung and engineer Nguyen Van Trai specialized in research on coconut trees of Dong Go and Ben Tre Experimental C…
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Create fragrant rice varieties that grow well on alum contaminated soil
Based on the aromatic Basmati rice varieties originating in Pakistan, Ho Chi Minh City Nuclear Center staff, Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute have created aromatic rice l…
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The cost of producing advanced biofuels is equivalent to ethanol extracted from grain.
Second-generation bio-extract plants - These plants make biofuels from ligno cellulose materials such as straw, grass and wood - which have been explored for a long time…
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Detecting ancient flora of the same time as dinosaurs
Master Luong Van Dung (Department of Biology of Da Lat University) has discovered populations of three-sided oak trees (possibly born at the same time as dinosaurs) in a…
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All cacti have leaves
Although most of the cacti appear to have no leaves on the surface, a new study confirms that all these thorny plants actually have microscopic leaves.