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Discovering rice varieties that are 'resistant' to climate change
Australian scientists have discovered a wild rice variety that carries genes with good drought tolerance and heat tolerance.
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Producing chemicals and biofuels from wood biomass
Aalto University Finland has proposed a method to use bacteria to produce butanol suitable for biofuels and other industrial chemicals from wood biomass.
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There are at least 17 types of harmful bacteria on clean paper towels
Recently, Laval University in Quebec City (Canada) published a new study in the Journal of US Infection Control, confirming that bacteria can proliferate and develop on…
Biology
Beetle's 'meat' toads
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that adult Epomis beetles can cause problems, even eating predatory toads and amphibians.
Biology
Bacteria also know 'suicide bombing'
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has found a way to kill drug-resistant bacteria.
Biology
Producing diesel oil from crocodile fat
Recently American scientists at Louisiana University have succeeded in extracting biofuel from crocodile fat.
Biology
The smartest man in the animal world
Biologists from the Queen Mary School of Chemical and Biological Sciences at the University of London found that bees can calculate the best route between flowers.
Biology
Isolation of blood stem cells in pure form
50 years ago, researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada discovered stem cells.
Biology
Ability to neutralize toxic insecticides of honey bees
Researchers at the University of Illinois, USA, discovered intestinal enzymes of honey bees that can neutralize poisons of pesticides commonly used to kill ticks in hone…
Biology
Detection of the Eibi1 mutant gene in wild barley plants
Researchers at Haifa University, Israel, have discovered mutant genes in wild barley plants grown in the Judean desert, Israel, the discovery is a precursor to an intern…
Biology
Gene controls plant growth
Scientists at the University of California at San Diego, said they discovered three genes in plants that control their growth every day, Russia's KM site said.
Biology
Use Pseudomonas bacteria as fertilizer
Scientists working at Michigan Technological University, USA, found Pseudomonas capable of removing copper, increasing soil fertility in the soils (formerly copper mines…
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4 new viruses have been found causing massive bee deaths
After 10 months of research, the University of California, USA (UOC) experts have discovered four strange viruses that cause mass deaths in healthy bees.
Biology
Production of artificial beef from stem cells
Scientists believe that minced beef products grown from cow stem cells in the laboratory will become a reality within 12 months.
Biology
Social behavior of leaf-cutting ants is related to genes
Scientists found that the social behavior and symbiotic lifestyle of leaf-cutting ants is related to some special genes.