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China investigates infected rice for cancer
Biology

China investigates infected rice for cancer

Chinese authorities are investigating three rice mills in Hunan province, central China, after discovering rice produced by these facilities contains cadmium industrial…

December 17, 2018
Find out how to plant trees
Biology

Find out how to plant trees

Money does not grow on trees but gold is possible. An international team of scientists has found a way to develop and harvest gold from crops.

December 17, 2018
Caterpillars control robots
Biology

Caterpillars control robots

The University of Tokyo researchers built a two-wheeled robot and arranged for a caterpillar, here is the male silkworm (Bombyx mori), controlled by swinging a leg on a…

December 17, 2018
Essence is 'better than wood'
Biology

Essence is 'better than wood'

By creating a protective barrier from the ground, attracting the termites thanks to Focus, the termites will be lured into lure stations around the building.

December 17, 2018
Datura can make people nude
Biology

Datura can make people nude

Datura may have caused a monk to take off his clothes and perform strange actions in the forest in Germany last week.

December 17, 2018
Causes turn dragonflies from gold to red
Biology

Causes turn dragonflies from gold to red

Chemical balance between the pigments in the dragonfly's abdomen determines their color. When oxidants are present, these cells are yellow and when there are reductants,…

December 17, 2018
Mushroom decomposes plastics
Biology

Mushroom decomposes plastics

Very complex and durable chemical bonding of products made from petrochemical technology helps them resist the ability to break down naturally. It has been estimated tha…

December 17, 2018
Spiders use ants
Biology

Spiders use ants

Scientists discovered that yellow-eyed spiders have added a chemical when silk weaves a net to kill ants who are wandering to the spider web to eat insects entangled in…

December 17, 2018
Mold may be 'pharmaceutical factory'
Biology

Mold may be 'pharmaceutical factory'

Scientists at Vienna University of Technology (Austria) have introduced bacterial genes into trichoderma to produce important chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry f…

December 17, 2018
'Pin' lives in the deep sea
Biology

'Pin' lives in the deep sea

According to Science News, when these microorganisms 'cups' of toxic chemicals are sprayed from the bottom of the sea, they generate electric currents that run across th…

December 17, 2018