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Genetically modified plants produce many new drugs
Recently, US scientists have discovered a new method to expand the pharmaceutical features of some crops through genetic modification.
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Detection of mosquitoes avoiding insecticides
Ecologist Chemist Walter Leal, professor, former president of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, and researcher Zain Syed, Ph.D., jointly discovered the secrets of i…
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Producing biofuel from dry straw and trees
Scientists at the University of Twente (Netherlands) have just studied a new method that can extract biofuels with high efficiency and low cost from agricultural and for…
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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.
Biology
Bacteria use iron and manganese oxide to
In addition to sulfate, iron and manganese compounds can play an important role in converting methane to carbon dioxide and ultimately carbonate in Earth's oceans, accor…
Biology
Natural anti-mosquito compound
Isolongifolenone, a natural compound found in Tauroniro (Humiria balsamifera) in North America, is found to be able to block mosquitoes and lice.
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Hope for the treatment of kidney cancer
Kidney cancer usually has no symptoms until it has spread to other organs. This type of cancer is most difficult to treat. New chemical treatments promise to prolong sur…
Biology
Sea cucumber in Vietnam: Detecting active ingredients inhibiting cancer
Three new structural compounds have been discovered in white sea cucumber species that inhibit human cancer cell lines.
Biology
Bitten by the biting just because she lied
The members of the royal family are always ready to attack the female worker ants who intentionally perform the reproductive function.
Biology
Color of insects with anti-cancer drugs and tropical diseases
According to researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the beetle-colored beetles or butterfly-colored larvae may signal chemical compounds t…
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The relationship between sex and age in worms
A group of scientists studying sex pheromone in worms found that this pheromone simultaneously controls a stage in the worms' life cycle, the long-lived larval stage.
Biology
How do bacteria get iron from humans?
Like humans, bacteria need iron to survive and they must also take iron from their environment. While humans take iron primarily through food, bacteria evolve complex an…
Biology
New techniques for tissue become transparent
If people have visible skin like jellyfish, it is easy to detect a disease like cancer. You just need to look and observe a tumor forming or developing.
Biology
New plastic material decomposes faster
A new type of plastic that decomposes by bacteria has a faster decomposition rate than current plastics and is environmentally safe. This new material is a modified form…