Archeology
Residents of the South Pacific region originated from Vietnam?
Scientists from Durham University and Oxford University (UK) have studied the DNA of wild boar and hog pigs in the South Pacific and raised new hypotheses about the orig…
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Archeology
Chicken also teething
Chicken will teething if pigs could fly! Now, maybe you should start looking for a sky for those flying pigs, because scientists have discovered a mutant chicken with co…
Archeology
Ancient Egyptians love to eat pork
Ancient Egyptians, unlike Muslims, preferred pork. Pathologist Fabrizio Bruschi at the University of Pisa, Italy, and his colleagues have discovered the oldest case of p…
Space science
China: Going to sell universal space food
Dishes such as grilled pigs and roasted ducks specially prepared for Chinese astronauts will be sold widely in supermarkets in the country by the end of 2007.
Biology
Pigs and applications in medicine - biology
The pig is a familiar animal for everyone. Pork is a popular food in daily meals, especially on the occasion of Tet holiday. In the field of bio-medicine, pigs also have…
Biology
The only mushroom in the world that tastes sweet like ... honey
A sweet-tasting truffle like honey has just been discovered in Hungary.
Biology
Successfully cloned pigs by cloning method
In recent years, scientists from China Shenzhen City Genome Research Institute have been cloning and the results of six resilient pigs have been born.
Biology
New breakthrough in pig lung transplant on people
According to the British Daily Telegraph, Australian scientists have recently reached a new breakthrough in the study of pig lung transplantation in humans.
Biology
Scientists create almighty stem cells from pigs
Scientists have been able to stimulate cells from pigs to transform into almighty stem cells - cells, like embryonic stem cells, capable of developing into any type of c…
Biology
South Korea cloned pigs for organ transplantation
On April 22, Korean scientists announced that they cloned a pig to get transgenic transplanted organs for humans.
Biology
Controversy over the name
Leading experts claim that the virus is making the whole world panic mainly because pigs bring it.
Biology
Piglets glow in China
China Agricultural University announced that it has just released three genetically modified piglets that are capable of emitting green light. This is a success of this…
Biology
Pigs contain omega-3 fatty acids
Scientists from Pittsburgh, Harvard, Missouri (USA) universities have successfully bred pigs producing omega-3 fatty acids and someday they can be used to make very good…
Biology
Pigs glow fluorescent
Taiwanese scientists have successfully cultivated three pigs emitting fluorescent light in the dark, marking a potential turning point in stem cell research. The team in…
Biology
Water hyacinth - Water purifier
Water hyacinth originating from Venezuela, South America is currently distributed in more than 50 countries around the world. In Vietnam, people still use water hyacinth…