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Using corn to monitor CO2 from decomposition gas
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Using corn to monitor CO2 from decomposition gas

Scientists at the University of California Irvine (UCI) have provided more information about air pollution caused by plants and animals in the United States by analyzing…

December 16, 2018
Turn metal into 'black gold'
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Turn metal into 'black gold'

Now, 'Black Gold' is not just another idiom. Scientists at Rochester University have created a technique that can change the properties of almost any metal to transform…

December 16, 2018
Use light to kill harmful insects
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Use light to kill harmful insects

Professor Ping Jian of Kim Trach University (Japan) has announced the results of research on pest control by light convergence method (LED).

December 16, 2018
Compress mud into bricks
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Compress mud into bricks

Weng Huanxin, a professor at Zhejiang University, China has successfully developed a new method of turning mud into non-toxic materials to make bricks and cement cheap.

December 16, 2018
Use 'natural enemies' to replace pesticides
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Use 'natural enemies' to replace pesticides

The scientists of Insects, Department of Agricultural Sciences at Hanoi University of Agriculture 1 have successfully implemented the process of breeding prey spiders wi…

December 16, 2018
Stamped with ripe fruits
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Stamped with ripe fruits

A University of Arizona expert has invented a sticker that can tell users when a bunch of fruits or vegetables has come to harvest.

December 16, 2018
Production of nylon - 6 environmental stems
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Production of nylon - 6 environmental stems

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, have found a method of synthesizing environmental stems to make caprolactam, precursors of nylon-6, from cyclohexanone.

December 16, 2018
Why does the Millennium Bridge shake?
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Why does the Millennium Bridge shake?

Steve Strogatz is always interested in resonance. So when Cornell University professor of applied mechanics and theory learned that thousands of pedestrians made the Mil…

December 16, 2018