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Japan finds a new rice variety that can withstand drought
According to Nature Genetics magazine on August 4, a group of Japanese biologists expertly created a new rice variety with deep roots that can maintain high yields even…
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Discovered new carnivorous plants in Japan
According to Japan Times website, a new species of carnivorous plants discovered in Aichi prefecture, is located on Japan's southern coast.
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The new strain of SARS is related to bats
Bats may be the source of a new SARS-like virus, which killed a person in Saudi Arabia, according to AFP news agency, a new study published on November 20.
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Japan has successfully grown a low-absorbing variety of Cadmium
The American Plant Cell magazine recently reported that researchers at Okayama University, Japan, have successfully cultivated a rice variety that hardly absorbs Cadmium…
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The only story about pine trees left after the Japanese tsunami
The only survivor in the 70,000 tree pine forest that stands in front of the sea in Rikuzentakata has become a symbol of hope in Japan, when the country struggled in the…
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Hong square Japan adapted well in Vietnam
The Plant Protection Institute has imported two non-harsh crunchy pink varieties from Japan, Fuyu and Jiro. These are high quality pink varieties.
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Japan: Creating sperm from versatile stem cells
Japanese scientists have recently planned to build cells from multipurpose stem cells (iPS) - a type of cell that can transform into many different cellular organization…
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Successful transplantation of retinal cells from iPS in monkeys
The team of the Japan Center for Reproductive Research successfully implanted retinal cells made up of iPS cells in monkeys.
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Helicobacter Pylori bacteria helps prevent asthma
Japanese scientists have discovered that Helicobacter Pylori may play an important role in preventing bronchial asthma.
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Many plants face extinction
Recent research results in the UK show that more than a fifth of the world's plant species are facing the risk of extinction.
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Japan can extract Bio-ethanol from seaweed
Scientists from Northeastern Japan University and Northeast Electric Company have successfully researched new technologies that can extract Bio-ethanol with high efficie…
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Japan feeds stem cells from adult skin
Kyoto University scientists have succeeded in cultivating multipurpose artificial stem cells (iPS) taken from adult skin fibroblasts.
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Japan will have insects carrying artificial brains
The police released a pack of butterflies to search for drugs in the boxes, the bees swarmed through the gap in the rubble to search for earthquake victims ...
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Japan successfully cloned dead mouse cells
By cloning techniques, Japanese scientists have just succeeded in creating live versions of a long-dead mouse.