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Close up of the largest flies on the planet
The world has more than 100,000 species of flies, of which the largest is the wood fly body longer than 8 cm or the long-legged fly crane 23 cm.
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How does the sound of a dead tree sound like?
When faced with drought, plants produce special sounds due to the formation of air bubbles in the wood circuit.
Biology
Gold mind - What is special about the tree that will replace 6,700 trees in Hanoi?
Learn more about the golden tree species that are planted to replace old trees all over Hanoi streets.
Biology
Plants grow into furniture shapes
A British company creates wooden furniture by trimming and shaping natural trees.
Biology
Mushrooms turn ants into zombies to control ants, to kill ants around the nest
One type of parasitic fungus must kill hosts as ants, outside the nest of ants to be able to reproduce and infect fungal diseases, manipulate the ants of its victims.
Biology
Decode the genetic genome of the termite
According to a press release from the University of North Carolina (USA), experts decoded and analyzed the genome of a termite species, which is moist wood termites.
Biology
Detecting the ability to filter bacteria in the water of pine
People in many parts of the world are still using water from rivers and lakes that contain many dangerous bacteria. Therefore, the water source needs to be filtered befo…
Biology
Essence is 'better than wood'
By creating a protective barrier from the ground, attracting the termites thanks to Focus, the termites will be lured into lure stations around the building.
Biology
Attach chip for ant
British scientists will attach micro-radio chips to the bodies of wood-eating ants in a relic to track their movements.
Biology
Producing chemicals and biofuels from wood biomass
Aalto University Finland has proposed a method to use bacteria to produce butanol suitable for biofuels and other industrial chemicals from wood biomass.
Biology
Producing bioenergy from diseased plants
The US Cobalt company has found a way to produce bioethanol from a dead plant due to the beetle infestation.
Biology
Detecting strange moths in the UK
The 3-millimeter, 'tiny' caterpillar, lives at Hembury Woods, Devon, England, officially recognized as an 'unprecedented animal'.
Biology
Can produce diesel fuel from mushrooms
Many fungi cause plants to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons - chemical compounds that are very similar to the composition of fuels.
Biology
'Liquid wood' will replace plastic
Plastic but can be biodegradable by the company Tecnaro, Germany, manufactured is considered a new milestone in the study of bioplastic materials.
Biology
Mushrooms help beetles digest wood
According to a group of entomologists and biochemists, a small, little-known fungus in the gut of Asian long-horned beetles has helped them chew the hardest wood.