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Why do potatoes produce toxic gas when they rot?
Potatoes contain toxic compounds called glycoalkaloids, the most common of which are solanine and chaconine.
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Found a helium mine accumulated for 1.1 billion years in the US
The newly discovered helium mine in Minnesota has a record high helium concentration, reaching 13.8%, promising to help solve the shortage of this gas.
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How is non-alcoholic beer produced?
Drinking non-alcoholic beer during fun meetings with friends and partners is becoming more and more popular.
Animal world
Research shows that dogs help people increase their ability to concentrate
Research shows that when people have a four-legged friend to accompany them, they can improve their mood, reduce blood pressure, and reduce the stress hormone cortisol.
Scientific application
Research on biochar to improve soil acidity and salinity
Biochar has been researched a lot on its mechanism of reducing heavy metal concentrations in water and soil.
Oceanography
Acid concentration in the ocean has reached a record high in 26,000 years
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on May 18 reported that temperatures and acidity in the oceans reached record highs last year, Reuters reported.
Flu epidemic
Device to warn of the risk of Covid-19 infection at schools and offices
British scientists have developed a device that can warn of the risk of Covid-19 infection in schools and offices by measuring CO2 levels in the air.
History
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp - 'Hell' on Earth
Rare photographs depict the unimaginable brutality of death camps from World War II.
Scientific application
Reduce soil toxicity by adding minerals to irrigation water
According to the scientists, soil enriched with ferrihydride has the potential to reduce concentrations of arsenic and uranium - elements that pose a threat to human hea…
Health
The world's first sweat glucose meter
Penn State University researchers (USA) have developed a device that monitors blood sugar through sweat.
Cancer
Successfully extracted anti-cancer compounds in milkweed
A group of precious compounds including phenolic and flavoinoids in milkweed plants that grow a lot in the wild were successfully discovered and extracted by MSc Ngan et…
Environment
The unexplained increase in radioactivity in Northern Europe
The soaring concentration of radioactivity in northern Europe is thought to have come from a troubled nuclear power plant in western Russia.
Oceanography
Climate change changes the pH of the ocean, returning to what it was 14 million years ago
Another effect of CO2 emissions.
Environment
With the increase of CO2, the nutritional quality of rice grain will be reduced, the risk affecting billions of people
'Carbon dioxide makes plants healthier. But that does not mean improved plant quality. '
Life
Why can't people leave 14 days of isolation yet?
Some people who come into contact with nCoV infected people during the quarantine period, suspects infected but have no symptoms or await testing, are forced to continue…