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Australia can feed on heart tissue
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Australia can feed on heart tissue

Australian researchers have successfully cultivated heart tissue in the laboratory, which is considered the first breakthrough in the world that could lead to the creati…

December 16, 2018
Breeding cats do not cause allergies
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Breeding cats do not cause allergies

The world's first hypoallergenic cats were born with the techniques of American scientists, expanding the door and the arms of millions of animal lovers but still suffer…

December 16, 2018
Scorpion venom has two types?
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Scorpion venom has two types?

A group of scientists from the University of California (USA), led by Professor Bruce Hammock, conducted research on an African scorpion named Parabuthus transvaalicus.

December 16, 2018
Lola tree (horse chestnut) - Alsophile spinulosa
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Lola tree (horse chestnut) - Alsophile spinulosa

Prescription is also known as the affirmation, also known as the horse chestnut tree, which is an extremely rare and precious wooden trunk. Decisive plant is a very anci…

December 16, 2018
Reverses the process of cell division
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Reverses the process of cell division

US scientists have just found a way to reverse the process of cell division, which previously seemed impossible. This invention is very significant for cancer, self-cell…

December 16, 2018
Discolor flower in test tube
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Discolor flower in test tube

Under the help of young biologist Duong Tan Nhut, two female students of the Department of Biology at the University of Natural Sciences (National University of Ho Chi M…

December 16, 2018
Rafflesia arnoldii - Rafflesia arnoldii
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Rafflesia arnoldii - Rafflesia arnoldii

The King of Flowers is the largest flower in the world, growing in tropical forests on the Indonesian islands and Sumaitra; Malaysia. The shape of this flower is very bi…

December 16, 2018
Buxus sinica Rehd ct Wils
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Buxus sinica Rehd ct Wils

The royal tree is a good green tree all year round, belonging to a landscape tree, grown in a mansion. Because the leaves have skin membranes, epidermal cells have a thi…

December 16, 2018
Artificial eyes simulate insect eyes
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Artificial eyes simulate insect eyes

American scientists have developed an artificial insect eye for ultra-thin cameras, taking advantage of the superiority of this type of structure. The eye contains more…

December 16, 2018
Vietnam successfully produced artificial seeds
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Vietnam successfully produced artificial seeds

Seeds are usually taken from gardens and fields after harvest. It is a sexual seed, created by the pollination process in plants. But recently scientists at Dalat Biolog…

December 16, 2018
China duplicates resistance to mad cow disease
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China duplicates resistance to mad cow disease

The 55 kg calf was born in Shandong Province, three years after the disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk (South Korea) cloned cows with a protein structure resistant to mad…

December 16, 2018
Poppy
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Poppy

Poppies are herbaceous plants, life expectancy is 2 years. The whole body is greenish-green, the oval-shaped leaves are long, growing hulls, blooming in summer, growing…

December 16, 2018
Grass does not need to trim
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Grass does not need to trim

Imagine your lawn is always green and never cuts. The Salk Biological Research Institute is aiming for this, with scientists creating a map of hormone signaling processe…

December 16, 2018
Climate tree - Thanh Cuong (Quercus glauca)
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Climate tree - Thanh Cuong (Quercus glauca)

Diamonds are woody plants, evergreen, they are chestnut (Faceceae) in May blooming yellow flowers, mono, male and female; Self-made flowers, willow, drooping. Hard fruit…

December 16, 2018