Biology
Turn chopsticks into biofuel
With a population of 127 million, Japan loses 90,000 tons of wood every year to produce disposable 'chopsticks'. The Japanese government is planning to convert used chop…
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Biology
America develops biofuels from wood chips
According to a study published in Energy and Fuels magazine, US researchers have developed a new biofuel from shavings mixed with biodiesel and kerosene for classic engi…
Biology
Termite is a species of social cockroach
British scientists claim they have the strongest evidence so far that termites actually belong to the cockroach family. The study examined the DNA sequence of five genes…
Biology
For the first time decoding the woody gene
American black poplar has become the third plant, after rice and a grass called Arabidopsis thaliana, to be secreted about the genetic structure. This success can be
Biology
Male and Tram Huong
Ky Nam and Tram Huong are special products located in the core of Wind trees. In Cambodia, the Wind tree is named Can Krasna (Can, cannada: Tram, Krasna: dark). Perhaps…
Biology
Wick tree (Ochroma lagopus) - The lightest tree
In Ecuador South America has a light wick tree, a big long tree, just 2 people carrying it like flying. Wick wood is lighter than cork, this is the lightest wood in the…
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…
Animal world
Mouse into the cup of the world's most spicy chilli
An American rat rat expert tried to use the world's most spicy chilli to repel rodents but failed badly.
Animal world
Cold-blooded creature
When winter comes, the animals also have different ways to avoid coldness such as hibernation, burrowing underground, migrating to warmer places ...
Animal world
Pelican-like spiders specialize in cannibalism
The peilica spider was first discovered in 1854 as a specimen preserved in amber mass 50 million years from the Eocene.
Animal world
The 'giant' creature that hid in the woods made everyone terrified
Looking at this picture, one of us feels panicked. Dare to fish that 10 people look, then 11 people have to utter the sentence:
Animal world
Cockatoo's ability to learn how to make 'utmost' tools
Not only does it have a nice appearance, cockatoos can also learn how to craft and use the tool skillfully.
Animal world
Melting ice threatens emperor penguins
The study, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), focuses on the number of emperor penguins in Terre Adelie in Antarctica, where French scientists have be…
Animal world
Amazon Forest: Discovering an unbelievably strange fish species
An unknown species of catfish that has ever been known to possess spoon-shaped teeth makes it possible to nibble on large trees that have just been discovered in the jun…