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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.
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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…
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Strange watermelon explodes right in the field
Many watermelon fields in a village in Jiangsu Province, China, though not using stimulant chemicals, have been exploded.
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Not discovered 'explosive watermelon' in Vietnam
Information about watermelons in Jiangsu Province, China, burst itself, suspected of abuse of Forchlorfenuron growth stimulants. But in Vietnam, this situation has not y…
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Watermelon in Vietnam is also exploded
Mr. Ta Duy Hien, a person who has experienced watermelon growing for over 10 years in Phu My Commune, Cat Tien District (Lam Dong) confirmed: the story of cracked waterm…
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Bacteria eat caffeine
A new bacterium called Pseudomonas putida CBB5, using caffeine as a food source was discovered in a study at the University of Iowa (USA). New bacteria use an enzyme to…
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Male crickets use scent to seduce
Scientists at the Center for Evolutionary Medicine Research at the University of Western Australia say that male crickets know how to use scent to seduce
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Plants produce thanks to 'perfume'
A parasitic plant uses aromatic chemicals to attract the attention of small mammals, so that their flowers are pollinated.
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Detecting female sexual hormones in plants
Until now, scientists still think that only animals produce female sex hormones, progesteron, a chemical group of steroids produced by the ovaries to prepare the uterus…
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Tea contains more caffeine than coffee
Above is the conclusion of Dr. Pham Thanh Quan, Head of Chemical Engineering Department, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology after nearly 5 years of research.
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For the first time creating living cells
US scientists have created artificial DNA from chemicals to control living cells in the laboratory.
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Korea makes bio-plastics
Korean scientists have been studying a polymer used daily for plastics using biotechnology.
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Can produce diesel fuel from mushrooms
Many fungi cause plants to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons - chemical compounds that are very similar to the composition of fuels.
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Corn genetically alters itself
By cultivating more genes, Swiss scientists have just created corn that is able to secrete chemicals to kill them when they chew on their roots.