Biology
Tree seeds wake up after 200 years
Scientists from the Millennium Seed Bank, belonging to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew (UK), have stimulated the seeds of three plants stored since 1803 to germinate.
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Biology
Safflower seeds - A new source of insulin
A Canadian biotech company has revolutionized the treatment of diabetes - making insulin from safflower seeds.
Biology
The bigger the tree, the bigger the seed
In nature, seeds are very different in size, from dusty orchid seeds to giant double coconuts on Maldive island. Scientists are always wondering which evolutionary force…
Biology
Breeding two rare and precious orchid species
Experts from the Institute of Applied Technologies have successfully propagated two precious orchid species: Humankind (Vietnamese endemic) and Comedy Tam Dao (Indochine…
Biology
A successful farmer bred 20 new flower varieties
Mr. Tran Pham Anh Tuan (32 years old) in An Binh valley, ward 3, Da Lat city has just introduced 20 serra flower varieties (popular names are gerberas) by his research o…
Biology
Quang Binh: Successful propagation of rare and precious Hue trees
Hue is an extremely rare timber species, found only in the limestone mountains of Phong Nha - Ke Bang. For many years, Hue trees have been identified as extinct due to i…
Biology
Monkey Actinidiaceae - Super grade fruit
The recent monkey monkey became famous, it was a wild vines, pear-like shape, the color of the peach, Macaca monkeys loved to eat, so the name was Dao monkey. In China p…
Biology
Vietnam successfully produced artificial seeds
Seeds are usually taken from gardens and fields after harvest. It is a sexual seed, created by the pollination process in plants. But recently scientists at Dalat Biolog…
Biology
Poppy
Poppies are herbaceous plants, life expectancy is 2 years. The whole body is greenish-green, the oval-shaped leaves are long, growing hulls, blooming in summer, growing…
Biology
Metamorphosis of plants
In the dense forest of Maine and Florida in the United States, there is an Indian aracea, all four seasons are green, in 15-20 years of growth always change sex, from ma…
Biology
Wonderful transmission of plants
Some plants use seeds to transmit life, others use tiny cells called spores to transmit life. Like man, for the future of life is small,
Biology
King Victoria regia king
The Amazon, South America river basin has one of the largest lotus varieties in the world. Leaf diameter up to 2m, largest to 4m, leaf edge bends up like a big pot. The…
Biology
The best mango seed market in the world
Kesar mango, the world's best mango variety, costs about 30 USD (over 600,000 VND) for a box of about 9-12 fruits.
Animal world
6 facts prove the animal world will never stop us from being surprised
Do you know the sleeping otter always holds hands? It is just one of the many truths people are not thinking about about the animals in the natural world.
Animal world
Decode the strange effect behind the 300 dead reindeer events in Norway
A lightning strike brought a sad record for Norway, when more than 300 reindeer died. But in return, two years later, the effect was amazing.