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Cell race
Biology

Cell race

The Curie Cancer Research Institute (France) has just concluded the world's first cell race register.

December 17, 2018
Kill fruit flies with biotechnology
Biology

Kill fruit flies with biotechnology

Scientists have collaborated and successfully researched a new method of eradicating fruit flies, achieving approximately 100% efficiency without being harmful to the en…

December 17, 2018
Self-control of disease-free potato varieties
Biology

Self-control of disease-free potato varieties

The Institute of Agricultural Biology, Hanoi Agricultural University has completed the process of producing disease-free potato varieties, limiting the situation that th…

December 17, 2018
Argentina produces biofuels from marine algae
Biology

Argentina produces biofuels from marine algae

Argentina's Oilfox SA has inaugurated the first algae-based biodiesel plant in Latin America, with the goal of gradually replacing the production of biofuels from soybea…

December 17, 2018
Turn algae into plastic
Biology

Turn algae into plastic

Treating the amount of algae released after biofuel production, Indian scientists turned them into plastics.

December 17, 2018
Create biofuel in just a few dozen minutes
Biology

Create biofuel in just a few dozen minutes

Heating microalgae in high pressure cookers can speed up the production of crude oil from millions of years (in nature) to several tens of minutes.

December 17, 2018
Tobacco plants can replace gasoline
Biology

Tobacco plants can replace gasoline

Thanks to genetic modification technology, plants that cause many human health problems can become a source of biofuels for engines.

December 17, 2018
The world is about to regenerate an extinct cow
Biology

The world is about to regenerate an extinct cow

Italian scientists announced that they are about to succeed in regenerating a large breed that once lived in Europe for thousands of years, but has become extinct since…

December 17, 2018
Tomatoes, potatoes '2 in 1'
Biology

Tomatoes, potatoes '2 in 1'

It is the result of the scientific project 'Creating a grafting plant between tomato and potato' that biotechnology engineer Nguyen Thi Trang Nha (SN 1987, has just grad…

December 17, 2018