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Fuel made from coconut oil helps limit emissions
Limiting emissions is a measure recommended by experts to address global warming. While countries are discussing the direction to do this, an Australian entrepreneur int…
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Is there a state between life and death?
There may be a state at the boundary of life and death! The author of a study has suggested that certain groups of organisms, tissues and cells can survive in a state si…
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Color the silk without dyeing
Why do it take silk dyeing when silkworms can be genetically modified to create any color in rainbow colors? It is the goal of Japanese scientists to transform their gen…
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Cultured successfully yeasts detecting explosives
A group of American scientists have successfully cultivated a special yeast that is capable of changing to fluorescent green when exposed to air containing explosive mol…
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Why does grasshopper have Lance Armstrong's power?
Armed with strong, long legs, and as strong as Lance Armstrong, grasshoppers were born to fly and dance. A scientist recently gave 20 species to a dance competition and…
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The strange world of tiny insects
Living in the pores of human face, on fur coat (the more expensive the fur is) or somewhere there is a bit of people waiting to suck blood, sometime
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Japan: Creating iron-rich rice varieties with high productivity
According to the US PNAS magazine, Japanese researchers have succeeded in creating an iron-rich rice variety by adding an enzyme and increasing the yield of plants by gr…
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Be careful when ladybirds come close to alcohol
Ladybugs may look very beautiful but they also have 'dark' faces. In some places, these round-spotted insects are
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Korea: successful mirror wolf
On March 26, Korean scientists from Seoul National University announced the first successful replication of the world's first wolf. This is considered a big step forward…
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Describe vividly the organ of
Scientific experts at Brookhaven National Laboratory - the US Department of Energy took advantage of the investigation of devices with marked radioactive substances and
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The paradise and barrier of human embryonic stem cells
USD 6,000 for stem cell vials is the price given by Singapore's ES Cell International on the world market. It is a very cheap price because from this stem cell vial one…
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Durian smell like banana
Thailand's leading durian Songpol Somsri has developed durian varieties - the world's most smelly fruit - with a mild scent like ripe bananas.
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Human-Animal Hybrid - Human and animal hybrid products
At a Southern California farm, the United States is now raising a special kind of mouse. On the surface, they are no different from normal mice, but they are actually tr…
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Australia: Prohibit mining to protect spiders
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Western Australia has objected to the exploitation of an iron mine in the Pilbara region to protect a unique and unusual fau…
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Australia: 2-week underwater survival test
Yesterday, a 29-year-old Australian biochemist and scuba diver, Lloyd Godson, began an unusual project to prove his ability to endure by living underwater for 2 weeks. H…