Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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Dangerous elements like lead are present in concentrated levels in graveyard soils around UK churches, new analysis has found, presenting a potentially major problem for surrounding communities and potential redevelopment ...
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2022
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Annual crops are the farmer's bread and butter, the crops they rely on most, but at least one type of perennial grain is proving much more beneficial to the environment.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2022
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A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Singapore's National Parks Board (NParks), has demonstrated that some plant species could help to remove toxic heavy metals and metalloids ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more accessible to plants. As worms burrow, they consume almost everything in their path, ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2022
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Virginia Tech researchers, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement of carbon dioxide in the environment are not correct, ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2022
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Environmental pollution is one of the biggest global concerns of our time. Building a sustainable future is only possible if we proactively address every aspect of this problem. In this regard, soil pollution due to the accumulation ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2022
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With millions facing hunger around the world, Flinders University researchers are looking into novel properties of edible plants which could enhance future food crop production.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 14, 2022
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Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis are helping to recover gases from a container of lunar soil that astronauts collected and sealed under vacuum on the surface of the moon in 1972. The effort is part of NASA's ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2022
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Baking a cake from scratch has more variables than baking one from a boxed mix. Though one can debate why—and when—cake mixes were developed, they are popular, and produce a uniform product. (They were really patented ...
Agriculture
Feb 21, 2022
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