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Research on antidote for deadly cyanide poison
Biology

Research on antidote for deadly cyanide poison

Scientists at the University of Minnesota are studying a drug that detoxifies cyanide. Experiments on mice have been successful and are expected to test humans within th…

December 17, 2018
Hydrogen sulfide compound: The key to longevity
Biology

Hydrogen sulfide compound: The key to longevity

Hydrogen sulphide, or H2S, is a rotten egg-smelling compound that has been successfully used by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Center for Cancer Research to make the…

December 17, 2018
Why is the fruit ripe?
Biology

Why is the fruit ripe?

Plant hormones (hormones) such as ethylene, gibberelline, auxine, brassinosteroid, abscisic acid, cytokinine ... act at the molecular level and interfere with the regula…

December 17, 2018
Nanotechnology: Using viruses to make materials
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…

December 16, 2018
Pigeons smell the air to find their way
Animal world

Pigeons smell the air to find their way

A recent study by a German science shows that pigeons rely on their ability to smell air to find their way to their whereabouts.

December 16, 2018
Why do bats eat fruit and eat the whole land?
Animal world

Why do bats eat fruit and eat the whole land?

Any child knows not to eat the green part of a tomato, but to cut it off. The reason behind this is that those green parts contain secondary plant compounds that adverse…

December 16, 2018