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New flora and fauna in Vietnam
Scientists have discovered 11 new species of animals and plants in a remote area in Central Vietnam. These species were found in Thua Thien Hue province, in an area call…
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Planting sesame oil to collect biofuel
A research group of Plant Cell Technology Department - Institute of Tropical Biology (HCMC) is experimenting with planting jatropha to produce biofuel. Each hectare of j…
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Phishing screen smells of ancient cycads
One of the oldest plants in the world - sesame - uses a strong smell, a bit of heat and a bit of cheating to seduce insects to pollinate them.
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Plant nutrient-rich dry rice instead of wet rice
A new method of growing rice saves billions of cubic meters of water while ensuring food security and has been successfully tested. These are nutritious and dry seedling…
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Successfully propagating an endangered plant species
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in in vitro propagation of Vietnamese yew - an ancient plant species considered as a living fossil of the gymnosperm indust…
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Why do leaves change color?
For years, scientists have wondered how the leaves prepared for a sprawling performance in autumn. The molecules behind yellow and orange are well understood, but s
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New rice variety: Less water, higher yield
An international team of scientists has produced a kind of rice that can grow better and use water more efficiently than other rice varieties. Professor Andy Pereira of…
Biology
Plants bloom only once in their lives
Waiting to be tired for 28 years, eventually scientists at Bangor University, northern Wales, also saw the amazing thing: the
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The cost of producing advanced biofuels is equivalent to ethanol extracted from grain.
Second-generation bio-extract plants - These plants make biofuels from ligno cellulose materials such as straw, grass and wood - which have been explored for a long time…
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Detecting ancient flora of the same time as dinosaurs
Master Luong Van Dung (Department of Biology of Da Lat University) has discovered populations of three-sided oak trees (possibly born at the same time as dinosaurs) in a…
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All cacti have leaves
Although most of the cacti appear to have no leaves on the surface, a new study confirms that all these thorny plants actually have microscopic leaves.
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Kien Giang: Officially announced new plant species discovered
Mr. Truong Quang Tam, Institute of Tropical Biology in Ho Chi Minh City, said: Begonia bataiensis Kiew, first discovered at Ba Tai mountain (Kien Luong district, Kien Gi…
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Drought proof by biotechnology
With the super absorbent polymer from tapioca starch, the Institute of Chemistry (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) has successfully applied water-absorbing pol…
Biology
Use photosynthesis to recycle waste gas from power plants
This is an intriguing idea: Instead of discharging carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels into the air, recapture it with photosynthesis. Then it can be convert…