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Restoring the oldest tree in the world
The first woody tree in the world was nearly 9 meters tall and looked like a modern palm tree, scientists announced after recreating it. More than a century ago, workers…
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What organization help develop tree?
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have just published a new discovery that has been going on for more than a decade about assessing communication between diffe…
Biology
Discover a new type of North American bamboo
Two botanists studying at Iowa State University and their colleagues at the University of North Carolina discovered another North American bamboo species in the Appalach…
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How does parasitic plant find its host?
If you have ever seen the scene in the rainforest standing still suddenly becoming flexible and crawling on the ground toward fresh blood, do you think that hunting inst…
Biology
Thua Thien-Hue: Discovering precious blood plants
In an area in Loc Vinh commune, Phu Loc district, Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnamese scientists have discovered a precious tree, bloody or crested plant. This is the plant can t…
Biology
Cattle manure - precious raw material for ethanol fuel
In the campaign to find new sources of fuel to replace petroleum, US cow farm owners are encouraged to expand the barn when scientists identify cattle waste as a valuabl…
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Turn CO2 into fuel
A catalyst capable of breaking chemical bonds in CO2 molecules will allow us to use carbon in the air as fuel in the same way as plants. Plants use solar energy to separ…
Biology
Four types of plants affect human life
These four plants not only change the daily life of hundreds of millions of people but also affect the history of the world.
Biology
Genetic memory of stress in plants
Recent studies have shown that under the influence of stress, plants not only physiologically change but also changes in genomes have initially been recorded. Although p…
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Leading candidate of biofuels
Biofuels (biofuels) made from agricultural products (such as cereals, oilseeds ...) in the near future may face a competitive rival. Bump: micro algae.
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New success in genetic engineering of vegetable oil
On March 5, 2007, the US National Academy of Sciences published a new study on genetic manipulation to complement enzyme activity in plants. Research specialists of this…
Biology
Find out the origin of giant rot flowers
The 200-year mystery of the location of the world's largest flower in the family diagram of the last plants was decoded. Scientists were surprised to find plants with br…
Biology
Greenhouse effect causes plants to flower early
Some shrubs have the ability to shorten flowering time to adapt to climate warming. This is the first signal of a one
Biology
Grass detects landmines
A bio-engineering company in Copenhagen, Denmark is experimenting with a genetically modified plant that will turn red when
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Insects 'cooperate' with viruses to expand the world
A bug that is harmful to crops is combining with viruses to accelerate their spread across the globe, Chinese scientists report. A variation of white butterflies Bemisia…