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Succeeded successfully bird nest
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Succeeded successfully bird nest

The initial success of hatching and healthy breeding of islands is opening up the prospect of raising oats as a bird in our country.

December 16, 2018
Lipomycin M - Moisturizer for soil
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Lipomycin M - Moisturizer for soil

After 5 years of investigating the microbial and bare hills in the two provinces of Vinh Phuc and Phu Tho, the Department of Research of Bioactive Substances (Institute…

December 16, 2018
Applying IT in ostrich farming
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Applying IT in ostrich farming

About 700 breeding ostriches are raised at the foot of Ba Na Mountain. The hard work is to closely manage these species of birds that run and run very fast according to…

December 16, 2018
Raising super meat ducks for high interest
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Raising super meat ducks for high interest

Super-meat ducks are very fast, many times faster than our ducks. From newly hatched ducks, it takes only 2 and a half months to raise 2 pounds. If a family needs only o…

December 16, 2018
Mystery of the wheel
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Mystery of the wheel

Sticking to the wheel rim crawling a piece of colored paper and watching it move, you will see a strange phenomenon: When the piece of paper runs down to the lower part…

December 16, 2018
How to distinguish raw eggs, raw eggs?
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How to distinguish raw eggs, raw eggs?

If you want to solve a puzzle without having to break the egg, use mechanical knowledge to overcome this little difficulty. Place the egg to try on a plate and turn it a…

December 16, 2018
Water narcissus with alcohol
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Water narcissus with alcohol

According to the experience of expert William Miller, the director of research programs Cornell flowering flowers, let the daffodils not grow up and then buckle every da…

December 16, 2018
Gel to keep water
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Gel to keep water

Center for Research and Development of Radiation Technology (Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City) said this unit has been widely sold on the market a kind of cassava star…

December 16, 2018
New casting method uses polyurethane
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New casting method uses polyurethane

Currently, difficulties with thermoplastic in the rotational casting method have been overcome by a new rotary casting method, which uses polyurethane instead of other m…

December 16, 2018
Want to cool things, put them on or under ice?
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Want to cool things, put them on or under ice?

To boil water, we put the kettle on top of the fire, not set next to the fire. So, how to cool an object with ice? Due to the habit, many people put things on ice

December 16, 2018
Without friction?
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Without friction?

Thanks to friction, you can sit, walk and work easily; thanks to it, the pen and book rests on the table, without the table slipping on the floor, even though the person

December 16, 2018
The secret of raising black pearls
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The secret of raising black pearls

According to Tran Doan Thien, cultivating pearls is not simple. Pearl cultured clams must be over two years old, have been domesticated at the culture site, reaching a l…

December 16, 2018
Dry ice production from coal like?
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Dry ice production from coal like?

At industrial kilns, people clean coal smoke, then use alkaline to remove CO2. After that, they heated to separate the gas from the alkaline solution, then compressed un…

December 16, 2018
Production of nylon - 6 environmental stems
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Production of nylon - 6 environmental stems

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, have found a method of synthesizing environmental stems to make caprolactam, precursors of nylon-6, from cyclohexanone.

December 16, 2018