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Create pure environment to feed stem cells
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Create pure environment to feed stem cells

US scientists have successfully prepared a pure environment for stem cell culture and have used this medium to create two new human embryonic stem cell lines.

December 16, 2018
How do bees fly?
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How do bees fly?

Spontaneous intellectuals - the concept of God, not evolution, have created complex life forms - long ago criticized the scientific world for not being able to interpret…

December 16, 2018
Ants also teach and learn
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Ants also teach and learn

British researchers say they have discovered the first evidence of teaching in a non-human animal. Scientists at Bristol University have studied ant colonies for 2 years…

December 16, 2018
Pigs glow fluorescent
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Pigs glow fluorescent

Taiwanese scientists have successfully cultivated three pigs emitting fluorescent light in the dark, marking a potential turning point in stem cell research. The team in…

December 16, 2018
Breeding Nopal cactus
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Breeding Nopal cactus

The Center for Experimental Biology (Institute of Technology Application) successfully propagated Nopal cactus originating from the Americas. Nopal cactus originated fro…

December 16, 2018
Discover new animals in the ground
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Discover new animals in the ground

Many new animals have unusual body structures that have just been discovered in dark, wet caves ... These caves are located beneath two national parks in the Sierra Neva…

December 16, 2018
Creating grafted tomatoes with disease resistance
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Creating grafted tomatoes with disease resistance

The creation of grafted tomatoes to combat bacterial wilt has won one of the first four prizes of the National Technical Innovation Contest for the eighth time. The awar…

December 16, 2018
Sensor chip made from carbon nanotubes
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Sensor chip made from carbon nanotubes

Experts from the University of Illinois (USA) have used carbon nanotubes to successfully manufacture biological sensor chips. When introduced into living cells, it helps…

December 16, 2018
Water hyacinth - Water purifier
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Water hyacinth - Water purifier

Water hyacinth originating from Venezuela, South America is currently distributed in more than 50 countries around the world. In Vietnam, people still use water hyacinth…

December 16, 2018
'Catch' roses bloom in test tubes
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'Catch' roses bloom in test tubes

A very new trend since early 2006 is that many young people have come up with creative ideas that are more likely to be applied in life ...

December 16, 2018
Successfully propagating specialty fish
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Successfully propagating specialty fish

Lagerstroemia (Mystus) is so abused that some species are becoming rare. The reason: these are native fish, delicious, fragrant meat, sold at high prices ... so they are…

December 16, 2018