Banana Peels Turn Into Catalysts That Boost Bio-Oil From Sewage Sludge
Qatar-based researchers found that potassium-rich biochar made from banana peels can raise sewage-sludge biocrude yields from about 26 to nearly ...
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Steam-Treated Coffee Waste Biochars Pull Chromium From Water
Researchers transformed used coffee grounds into water-vapor-activated biochars that adsorb chromium(III) from water, with surface chemistry and activation time proving ...
From Field to Fork: Microplastics Are Invading the Food We Grow
A comprehensive new review traces how microplastics and nanoplastics from mulch films, sewage sludge and wastewater travel through agricultural soils ...
Engineered Carbon Materials Could Lock Climate-Warming Carbon in Farm Soils, Review Finds
A major review of 25 years of research finds that biochar, hydrochar and artificial humic substances can boost soil carbon ...
Biochar Switch Flips Weed’s Cleanup Role in Oil-Contaminated Soil
New greenhouse research from Nigeria shows that biochar made from rice and sorghum straw can transform how the weed Tithonia ...
Dirt-cheap trio of natural materials strips phosphorus from polluted water
Researchers have created a biochar-laterite-bentonite composite that removes phosphorus from water efficiently without rare-earth or heavy-metal modifications.
Corn Stover Biochar Supercharges New Photocatalyst That Zaps Sunscreen Pollutants From Water
Researchers combined corn stover biochar, etched cobalt-aluminium hydroxide, and bismuth vanadate into a composite photocatalyst with a built-in electric field ...
Ghanaian cocoa farmers shun compost and biochar simply because nobody told them
A survey of 150 Ghanaian cocoa farmers finds that none use compost or biochar on their farms, not from unwillingness ...
Biochar Boosts Pepper Yields Only in the Right Soil, at the Right Dose
A new pot experiment shows biochar sharply increased sweet pepper yields in low-fertility loam but plateaued in sandy loam, while ...
Invasive Weed Turned Biochar Shields Sorghum From Salt Stress
Biochar made from the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus significantly reduced oxidative damage and boosted antioxidant defenses in salt-stressed sorghum seedlings, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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