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Using corn residues ... corn fuel!
The endless corn fields in central North America can distill thousands of barrels of chemical ethanol, a clean fuel with a high octane (anti-knocking index) that can com…
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Desalination in seawater with nano membranes
A scientist at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA) is studying a new method of desalinating seawater with nanofiltration membranes. He anticipated many applicat…
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Sea charts - Just south of the sea
Sea charts are a type of maritime map that is the only guide for safe sea trips. The earliest chart is the 14-17 century Portland map, which is supplied to the maritime,…
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How to take care of bougainvillea flowers throughout the year
Growing and propagating in many places, however, the basic confetti planting techniques are not yet a popular knowledge for flower growers.
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Principle of operation of the steering system
When you turn the steering wheel, your car will naturally turn to the direction you want. But what about their
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Technology of extracting jasmine essential oil and applying in tea industry
The method of extracting natural jasmine essential oil has high extraction efficiency of over 99% and preserves the characteristic aroma of fresh jasmine. This method ha…
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Why does the Millennium Bridge shake?
Steve Strogatz is always interested in resonance. So when Cornell University professor of applied mechanics and theory learned that thousands of pedestrians made the Mil…
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Construction of power plants run by garbage
Da Nang City People's Committee has just approved the construction of a waste-based power plant invested by ENVIROMONDIAL Company (Canada) in the city.
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Air filter by biological filtration method
Biofiltration is a relatively new treatment for pollution. This is an attractive method for handling bad smell gases and volatile organic compounds with low concentratio…
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Turn sludge, garbage into synthetic organic fertilizer
Synthetic organic fertilizer products are processed from sludge from ponds, lakes and canals in the craft villages which are crowded with farmers in the region and some…
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Reserve carbon dioxide!
It sounds strange, but it's true. A scientific project in Canada to apply carbon dioxide to oil exploitation has been successfully tested, helping to solve 5 million ton…
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Development process of textile industry
Textiles are one of the oldest human activities. After the period of eating fur in the hole, taking animal skin to cover the body, since the time of cultivation, humanit…
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Lightning and lightning protection technology
According to calculations by scientists, at any given time, on Earth we have about 2000 active thunderstorms. Each average thunderstorm usually lasts 2 to 4 hours and ca…
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Evaluate the level of pollution by biological method
One of the simple measures to assess the quality of flows is to collect and analyze major indicator organisms (aquatic insects and other aquatic organisms). This method…
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Irradiation techniques in the production of biological protein preparations
Protein is the most important nutrient for plants. Their content in soil is very low, so plants often lack nitrogen. One of the most popular methods of increasing soil n…