Biology
America: The cause of the mass loss of bees by viruses
According to an American study, an Israeli virus identified in 2004 could be the cause of a mysterious disappearance of a number of bees in the US, threatening the crop…
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Biology
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…
Biology
Yellow dwarf virus, stunted wilt on rice: New disease ...
Rice stunt disease in rice is a new disease, due to the mixing of 3 types of virus such as Dwarf rice grass, Dendrocalamus stunt disease caused by brown planthopper and…
Biology
Reconstructed virus from human genome.
A team of French scientists has announced the construction of a five million-year-old virus from part of the human genome. This ancient virus can help us understand how…
Biology
Nanotechnology: Using viruses to make materials
Scientists from the John Innes Center in the UK have succeeded in using the Vigna unguiculata virus to cause yellow and black spot disease in peas as a material in nanot…
Biology
Cannabinoid-containing cannabis plants are caused by an infection with an ancient virus
Marijuana plants receive genes that encode proteins to synthesize cannabinoid active substances from ancient viruses, which have infiltrated the plant's DNA and are ther…
Biology
The 1918 virus is bird flu
After successfully replicating the pandemic flu virus in 1918, American scientists came to a shocking conclusion: the 1918 virus also belongs to the bird flu family, whi…
Biology
New discovery: Obesity due to ... virus!
Obesity is often attributed to nutrition, sedentary. But recently, an American scientist who has discovered the cause of obesity can also be caused by ... viruses!
Animal world
Asian lions are about to become extinct because of a pandemic from wild dogs
In the past 1 month, at least 23 lions have died in the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and the Gujarat State Park in western India.
Animal world
The magic of Komodo dragon blood
A study from the United States said that special antibodies in Komodo dragons can help make effective antibiotics for humans.
Animal world
7,000 Russian seals are in danger of being destroyed
A Russian senator has caused controversy when calling to raise the limit of hunting indigenous seals in Lake Baikal to 7,000 per year.
Animal world
10 best new species in 2014
The International Forestry Institute specialized in the search for new plant and animal species in the world in cooperation with New York University (USA) has just annou…
Animal world
Bats are the cause of the Ebola virus outbreak
The outbreak of Ebola virus has killed at least 63 people in Guinea and Africa.
Animal world
Hundreds of thousands of bats died from the hot sun in Australia
The recent record heat wave has caused about 100,000 bats to die in flight, causing an environmental disaster in Australia.
Animal world
The effects make animals crazy and can kill people
Recently, public opinion is buzzing around the incident of an elephant in the ruins of Dai Nam tourist area who raised animals and trained him for many years. So far, th…