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Artificial rubber from biomass materials
The Japanese Bridgestone Corporation successfully studied high-cis polyisoprene (IR) synthetic rubber from Isoprene. This type of rubber is used in the car industry, mak…
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Ethanol from sorghum - breakthrough biofuel
Sorghum is poised to become the first official advanced biofuel when the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares for the final approval of the grain for ethano…
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Astronomical paradise on South Island
A large part of New Zealand's South Island island will become the world's largest night sky sanctuary. Most of South Island has been planned to be the largest night sky…
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Securing the coral reef ecosystem in Phu Quoc
According to Kien Giang Provincial Association for Environmental Protection of Nature and Environment, in the program of monitoring natural resources and environment in…
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Japan can restart the Ohi nuclear reactor
According to AFP and Voice of Russia, for the first time since the incident at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011, reactors of nuclear power plants in Jap…
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The country has nearly 50,000 hectares of locally drought-prone crops
Mr. Dang Duy Hien, Deputy Director of the Department of Irrigation Construction, General Department of Irrigation said that due to the hot and dry weather, the recent ti…
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Hydropower cannot be developed at all costs
VRN scientists do not deny the positive role of hydropower in economic and social development, but the massive hydroelectric developments in all river basins have negati…
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Can capture CO2?
The Ardmucknish Bay Area in Benderloch, Scotland has been selected to pilot this 'world salvation' technology, DailyMail reported. First, experts will find ways to 'capt…
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Cool the earth with balloons
The project of spraying water into the stratosphere (Spice) advocates spraying small droplets of water into the atmosphere from a balloon that is
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Vietnamese groundwater resources decline
The Center for Water Resources Monitoring and Forecasting has announced the results of monitoring groundwater resources in 2011 in the Northern Delta, North Central, Sou…
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Strong earthquake in Italy, 6 people died
The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6 earthquake occurred about 35km north of Bologna city at 4am. Its epicenter is located at a depth of about 10km.
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Nuclear techniques help ensure food security
According to a reporter at the United Nations, on 21 May, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirmed that nuclear technology could help mankind ensure food s…
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Japanese tsunami landed on Alaska
Floating, foam-like floating objects landed on the coast of Montague island, 190km southeast of Anchorage, in large numbers. They are most likely junk because the Japane…
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The magnitude 6 earthquake shook Japan
According to AFP, an earthquake of magnitude 6 magnitude shook Aomori province and other areas in northeastern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake…
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Fukushima workers died not because of radiation
The UN representative said the cause of death of six workers who worked at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan and died after the earthquake disaster - the tsunam…