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An egg collected by Charles Darwin during his voyage on HMS Beagle has been rediscovered at Cambridge University. The small dark brown egg, with Darwin’s name written on it, was found by a retired volunteer at the university’s zoology museum. It bears a large crack, …

ScienceDaily — Scientists have discovered a naturally occurring compound that triggers a plant’s immune system, thereby protecting the plant from a secondary bacterial infection. The patent-pending discovery could lead to an effective, inexpensive and environmentally safe way to improve plants’ resistance to disease, according to …

Bogor (ANTARA News) – Pelaksanaan “Quick Count” (QC) atau hitung cepat di Indonesia dinilai memiliki potensi cacat seperti cacat motivasi, metodologi, dan apresiasi. Penilaian itu disampaikan pakar ilmu statistik Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) Prof Dr Ir Khairil Anwar Notodipuro, MS kepada ANTARA di Bogor, Jumat, …

Agar tetap subur, berdaun dan berbunga indah, tanaman dalam pot perlu perawatan khusus. Tanaman dalam pot sangat bisa mempercantik halaman rumah Anda. Pilihan tanamannya pun beragam, bisa tanaman berbunga, berdaun, atau buah-buahan. Semuanya bisa memberi cita rasa sejuk dan indah. Perawatan tanaman dalam pot berbeda …

ScienceDaily — Ancient DNA can now be retrieved from various insect remains without destruction of the specimens. Together with eight other authors, Philip Francis Thomsen and Eske Willerslev, from the Centre for Ancient Genetics and Environments, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, use a previously …

ScienceDaily — Using probiotics successfully against a number of animal diseases has helped scientists from University College Cork, Ireland to understand some of the ways in which they work, which could lead to them using probiotics to prevent and even to treat human diseases. Presenting …

DUA pertiga sistem kekebalan tubuh berada dalam saluran cerna. Asupan ”bakteri baik” membantu menjaga pencernaan senantiasa sehat.Suplemen multivitamin sejatinya ”mirip” dengan obat. Sebabnya, orang dianjurkan minum multivitamin hanya jika asupan nutrisi dari makanan sehari- hari tidak mencukupi,atau saat sakit sehingga memerlukan asupan vitamin lebih banyak. …

Rome – For many in the western world, they’re a summer oddity — strange blobs we sometimes see bobbing about on the seafloor beneath us during a day at the beach. But across Asia, sea cucumbers have long been a staple in peoples’ diets, mainly …