Biology
Use Pseudomonas bacteria as fertilizer
Scientists working at Michigan Technological University, USA, found Pseudomonas capable of removing copper, increasing soil fertility in the soils (formerly copper mines…
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Biological clock: Find the time-controlling gene in C.elegans
It's just a worm, a small roundworm that lives in the soil - but has a great significance for biomedical and biological cycles day and night ...
Biology
Belgium cultivates new tomatoes with genetic modification
New varieties of tomatoes can grow in barren, alum soil and produce 30% more than regular tomatoes.
Biology
Find gold with bacteria
Testing the presence of bacteria is a way for people to quickly determine whether gold is in the soil.
Biology
Decontamination of soil contaminated with dioxin by biodegradation
Scientists at the Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have studied the topic of heavy soil decontamination of herbicides / dioxin by bi…
Biology
Bacteria in the soil help reduce anxiety
A bacterium in the soil can increase people's thinking ability, while reducing the level of anxiety.
Biology
Transplanting grain 3,000 years
On the morning of May 25, after more than two weeks of germination, the first grains of rice were revealed from the soil layer, which was 3,000 years old.
Biology
Create live rice varieties on saline soil
Scientists at the University of Cambridge (UK) have decoded the
Biology
Planting bonsai by hydroponic method
Recently, Nguyen Van Quy, a lecturer of the Department of Agronomy, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, succeeded with the research model of growing ornamental p…
Biology
Use insects to control invasive grass
Researchers from Leicester University paved the way for the use of an insect to fight invasive grasses in British soil, a form of biological control.
Biology
GM crops do not harm beneficial beetles
Genetically modified plants using Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests will not harm the natural enemies of pests, according to a new stud…
Biology
Bacteria by antibiotics
Antibiotics work to kill bacteria, not to nourish them. But scientists at Harvard have discovered hundreds of bacteria in the soil that can take advantage of drugs as th…
Biology
Planting sesame oil to collect biofuel
A research group of Plant Cell Technology Department - Institute of Tropical Biology (HCMC) is experimenting with planting jatropha to produce biofuel. Each hectare of j…
Biology
Create fragrant rice varieties that grow well on alum contaminated soil
Based on the aromatic Basmati rice varieties originating in Pakistan, Ho Chi Minh City Nuclear Center staff, Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute have created aromatic rice l…
Biology
Japan: Creating iron-rich rice varieties with high productivity
According to the US PNAS magazine, Japanese researchers have succeeded in creating an iron-rich rice variety by adding an enzyme and increasing the yield of plants by gr…