"We’re looking at how hyperaccumulator plants absorb and store nickel to understand the process better," Sarkar said. "We’ve been doing greenhouse studies of soil samples to find the combination of ...

Several U.S. utilities in recent months have said they plan to keep coal-fired units in their generation fleets operating past their scheduled retirement dates, in most cases citing increased ...

Hyperaccumulator plants can also be grown on polluted sites (phytoremediation) to extract heavy metals and other pollutants from the soil. By recognizing the ability of certain specific plants to ...

Bioconcentraion factor and translocation factor were calculated which show that Cyperus rotundus L. is a potential tin-hyperaccumulator plant, previously not reported in literature. Plant Species ...

Lead is the most prevalent heavy metal contaminant in the environment and causes poisoning that not only limits plant growth but also creates health problems for animals and human beings. High Pb ...

Using a technique called x-ray fluorescence scanning, the researchers will look for nickel in those plants’ tissues in the hopes of identifying new hyperaccumulator species. Other researchers ...

They’re calling the exploratory topic “Plant HYperaccumulators TO MIne Nickel-Enriched ... The idea is to find the right kind of hyperaccumulator—ideally a native North American species—that can grow ...

2009; Dhankher et al., 2012; Zhu et al., 2012); thus, the goal of the present review is to specifically address the use of non-hyperaccumulator plant species for the phytoextraction of heavy metals ...

Not all plants can absorb high levels of containments without harm. But cannabis has a special property – it is a “known hyperaccumulator,” which means it’s extremely good at absorbing ...