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Plants know how to swim to avoid enemies
Susanne Menden-Deuer, a marine expert at the University of Rhode Island in the US, and her colleagues observed Heterosigma akashiwo, a microalgae, in the lab. Livescienc…
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8m tall sunflowers
Richard Hope, a talented farmer in the United Kingdom, has defended many Guinness records of cultivation such as the biggest beet, the heaviest chives ... This year, he…
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Giant grass threatens America
An agricultural group in the United States will ask the US government to approve the use of Agent Orange to destroy giant pollen grass, a plant that is growing very stro…
Biology
Using genetically modified foods is prone to cancer
Scientists and public opinion are on the rise after a new study published by France confirms that mice fed genetically modified corn that are selling in the market throu…
Biology
New rice varieties improve productivity for Asia
Scientists have discovered a gene in India's Kasalath wild rice variety that has the potential to increase rice production in poorly nutrient gravel soils.
Biology
Orchids 70 years newly hatched once
This flower was discovered in 1940 but almost disappeared in recent years. Scientists use cutting method to propagate 30 orchids and plant them in a secret place in natu…
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Biofuel tree in Cuba
Cuban scientists on July 16 announced a plant that could be used to produce biofuels. So long, Jatropha tree (also known as fence or stalk tree) produces fruit with seed…
Biology
Find the common ancestor of every species on Earth
Dr. William Duax and colleagues at the University of Buffalo in New York (USA) have created a new evolutionary tree by comparing proteins from genes of organisms stored…
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Genetically modified insects threaten genetically modified plants
The situation of genetically modified insects to adapt to genetically modified crops in the field is more complicated in the laboratory, a new study has said.
Biology
Human carnivorous plants, from legend to truth
It looks like a giant pineapple tree, over 2.5m high, covered 2 meters wide on the ground. It has a multitude of long, large arms, such as the forearm, twisting, rising.
Biology
Century trees rarely bloom
The owner of the garden, Gerald Brantley, has put a sign to attract tourists to see plants rarely bloom. Even if it is not 100 years old, this plant rarely flowers, even…
Biology
Nature rebelled against biotechnology
In 2003, biotech giant Monsanto developed a genetically modified corn that is resistant to rootworm by using Cry3Bb1 Protein, derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuring…
Biology
First appeared cassava mealybug damage pink powder in Vietnam
According to the Plant Protection Department, now in Tay Ninh province, new pests appear on cassava (cassava), called pink powder mealybugs. This is a dangerous pest, di…
Biology
The plant species detects explosives
Scientists have created a genetically modified plant that has the ability to change color when there are traces of explosives in the air, which in the future can be used…