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Why do mosquitoes walk on water and on walls?
Mosquitoes can be blood-sucking, pathogenic, uncomfortable creatures, but they have a pair of animals that no animal can: walk on the wall and walk under water.
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Super glue that mimics gecko feet and mussels
Northwestern University engineers have combined the adhesion of geckos and mussels to create a new type of glue that can work in air and underwater.
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The secret to collecting magic water from desert beetles
The Namib beetle survives where rainfall is just over 1 centimeter per year, thanks to an extremely efficient water harvesting strategy from early frost.
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Bacteria create energy and purify waste water
A team of Australian researchers created a system that allows cleaning wastewater from a brewery by using energy-generating bacteria.
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Ants also know how to build bridges
Some ants in tropical forests in Latin America have 'engineering units' that work very effectively. To facilitate the worker ants transporting food to the nest, ants Eci…
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Bangladesh created 93 water-saving rice varieties
Bangladesh agricultural scientists have bred 93 new varieties of rice that can save 33-50% of water during cultivation. This is a common achievement of experts from the…
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Two weeks in the water
Lloyd Godson, an Australian biologist, lived 13 days at the bottom of a lake in a yellow steel box for stamina testing.
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Is there a state between life and death?
There may be a state at the boundary of life and death! The author of a study has suggested that certain groups of organisms, tissues and cells can survive in a state si…
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Japan: Creating iron-rich rice varieties with high productivity
According to the US PNAS magazine, Japanese researchers have succeeded in creating an iron-rich rice variety by adding an enzyme and increasing the yield of plants by gr…
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How wild orchids bloom?
Three years ago, during my trip to Dalat, I bought two spring orchids from the forest. After taking care and taking care, both branches spread very beautiful flowers on…
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Canada creates good drought tolerant plants
A student of the University of Toronto (Canada) accidentally forgot to water the plants in the laboratory for a long time and recorded only one plant survived, while oth…
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New flood-resistant rice varieties can help farmers and the environment
Researchers at the University of California, Davis in the US and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), based in the Philippines, have isolated a gene from a…
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Gene therapy: a new method of improving the ability to remember and learn.
Stanford University neuroscientists have created a gene capable of strengthening memory and the ability of animals to learn while undergoing stress.
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Da Lat pine is standing dead
Thousands of pine trees over 20 years old in Tuyen Lam tourist area died and about 12 hectares of agricultural land of households in this area were also flooded, of whic…
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Be wary of big mouse ears
Giant waterweed (Salvinia molesta DS Mitchell, Salviniaceae family, belonging to the botanical industry; giant water fern, or giant salvinia), is one of the most invasiv…