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An organic agriculture can help the world fight poverty
Organic food has long been considered a small market, and luxury is only for the middle and upper classes. However, scientists believe that shifting most of agriculture…
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Bacteria create energy and purify waste water
A team of Australian researchers created a system that allows cleaning wastewater from a brewery by using energy-generating bacteria.
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Magnetic tweezers shed light on the mechanical properties of cells
By inserting tiny magnetic particles into a living cell and activating them with a magnetic tweezers, scientists at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have a bet…
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Save data in ... DNA of bacteria
Today, data can be stored on floppy disks, computer chips, hard drives and, of course, papers. However, scientists have found a new, smaller storage medium but the stami…
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Every year, tens of thousands of animal and plant species are extinct
Each year, there are 18,000 - 55,000 more extinct animal and plant species. The cause is due to human activities. Alarm from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biologi…
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Create cow embryos from sperm injection into eggs
On May 22, a group of scientists in the field of animal biotechnology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences, created 3 in vitro dairy embryos by micro injecti…
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The United States promoted the use of ethanol fuel
For the first time, New York State and the United States, two gas stations began offering ethanol fuel services to the public. This type of fuel is being encouraged to b…
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America develops biofuels from wood chips
According to a study published in Energy and Fuels magazine, US researchers have developed a new biofuel from shavings mixed with biodiesel and kerosene for classic engi…
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Cicadas raging in mid-west America
In May, billions of cicadas will attack the Midwestern states, after 17 years hiding in the ground. The red-eyed insect, the body looks like a small shrimp, flies, doesn…
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Ants also know how to build bridges
Some ants in tropical forests in Latin America have 'engineering units' that work very effectively. To facilitate the worker ants transporting food to the nest, ants Eci…
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Cars run on ... coconut oil!
People on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have found a
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Find out the mystery of the mechanism of vitamin C synthesis in plants
Perhaps Vitamin C is the most important small molecule whose biological synthesis pathway remains a mystery to scientists to this day. However, a team of Dartmouth and U…
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Bangladesh created 93 water-saving rice varieties
Bangladesh agricultural scientists have bred 93 new varieties of rice that can save 33-50% of water during cultivation. This is a common achievement of experts from the…
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Stem cell: The hard copy
Doing science means working with rules. Repetition is a peculiarity of doing science. However, not everyone has never tasted the feeling of having
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Regenerating stem cells from mouse skin
Three independent groups of scientists in the United States on June 6 announced a groundbreaking work in stem cell research: they can replicate stem cells from mouse ski…