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Use hair and lime as a plaster
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Use hair and lime as a plaster

Paula Sunshine, a British builder, came up with a great method, which is to use human hair to replace cow fur to create a mixed mortar for plastering.

December 16, 2018
Vegetable production technology does not need soil
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Vegetable production technology does not need soil

Currently in cities, especially Hanoi capital, the land fund for agricultural production in general and vegetable production in particular is increasingly narrowed, whil…

December 16, 2018
Irradiation to create new sesame seeds
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Irradiation to create new sesame seeds

By irradiating gamma rays (Co60) on black sesame, Vietnamese researchers have created mutant sesame varieties with beneficial traits such as many fruits, not reducing th…

December 16, 2018
Nanotechnology helps increase thermal efficiency
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Nanotechnology helps increase thermal efficiency

Researchers at Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used nanotechnology to make major improvements in the ability to increase thermal e…

December 16, 2018
High-tech farming
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High-tech farming

Today, American farmers are willing to invest in equipment, update new technology to support farming and know that the money they spend will bring more profit in the fut…

December 16, 2018
Fertilizing for rubber
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Fertilizing for rubber

At the basic construction stage (KTCB), rubber trees (CS) need nutrition to develop roots, stems, branches and leaves. In the condition of adequate nutrients, plants gro…

December 16, 2018
Design wind turbines based on whales and dolphins
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Design wind turbines based on whales and dolphins

Marine animals have evolved for millions of years to optimize domestic motion efficiency; while people try to perfect aerodynamic design for about a century. So we need…

December 16, 2018
Source of X-rays in thunder
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Source of X-rays in thunder

Researchers at the University of Florida and the Florida Institute of Technology have narrowed down the search for the source of X-rays generated by lightning, which cou…

December 16, 2018
Tobacco plants have the ability to leak mines
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Tobacco plants have the ability to leak mines

A plant capable of detecting mines has just been developed by scientists: genetically modified tobacco plants. This tobacco plant carries a gene that works to produce a…

December 16, 2018
Destroy dead animals with ... feces
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Destroy dead animals with ... feces

By building compost containers and using flue gas from here to disintegrate animal bones, Canadian and US researchers hope to find a solution to completely destroy dead…

December 16, 2018