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Worms 'fireflies' are created in the laboratory
Recently in BMC Physiology, researchers have described a new luminescent modified worm that allows for the determination of the metabolism of an entire living organism.
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The source of methane in the light
Plants store a greenhouse gas, and release another. While they retain carbon dioxide, they release methane although in small amounts. This has been hedged by scientists…
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Eyesight of mantis shrimp reveals a new observation mode of animals
According to the article by Current Biology researchers published on March 20, 2008, mantis shrimp can be seen in an unprecedented way in any other animal before. This d…
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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.
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Growth stimulants are still controversial about toxicity
Plant hormones or growth stimulants have been synthesized since 1931. For more than 70 years since their inception, they have been widely used by farmers. However, there…
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Color butterfly wings structure
Nowhere in nature is there a lot of colors like the wings of butterflies, but scientists still face many obstacles in understanding how to create these colors. Marco Gir…
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Biometric: Open the door with the eyes
Researcher Sammy Phang, Queensland University of Technology, said it was not a science fiction story when thinking about how soon our eyes could become the key to openin…
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Insects living in hiding are easy to adapt to the dark
A lifelong beetle crawling in grains cannot recognize all colors, and its eyesight doesn't follow normal rules. Most other insects can see 3 colors: they are very sensit…
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Found glowing fish-like creatures in the dark
The researchers found these bi-amphibious organisms, also called lanceletes, which contained green fluorescent proteins that could act as concealed shields.
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Use bacteria to create iridescent paint like pearls
A new technique using microorganisms can provide cheaper and safer solutions in creating cosmetics or paints with iridescent colors of pearls as well as multicolored pla…
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The microscope sheds light on the intricacies of protein folds
Physicists in the US say: By using atomic force microscope (AFM) to bend proteins - a new method can give us better understanding of diseases. deadly.
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Use photosynthesis to recycle waste gas from power plants
This is an intriguing idea: Instead of discharging carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels into the air, recapture it with photosynthesis. Then it can be convert…
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Causes of insomnia due to time zone changes
Circadian watches (clock to beat sleep rhythm) regulates the time of biological functions in most high-end organisms. Anyone who flies through many different time zones…
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Magnetic tweezers shed light on the mechanical properties of cells
By inserting tiny magnetic particles into a living cell and activating them with a magnetic tweezers, scientists at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have a bet…
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The structural foundation in the ability to turn off the light of fluorescent protein
University of Oregon scientists have identified the molecular characteristics that make green fluorescent proteins capable of glowing and by adding a single molecule.