Stress-Tolerant Soil Bacteria Could Help Rice Survive a Warming World
A new review details how stress-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria can help rice withstand drought, salinity, flooding, and heavy metals while ...
Tag: heavy metals
Handheld X-ray scanner matches lab tests on contaminated soils 94% of the time
A field study at a former battery factory in Hagen, Germany, found that portable X-ray fluorescence agreed with laboratory ICP-OES ...
Soil bacteria boost lead-sucking plant’s cleanup power by nearly 97 percent
Inoculating sweet wormwood with the phosphate-solubilizing bacterium Leclercia adecarboxylata L1-5 raised lead extraction efficiency by 96.72 percent in the reported ...
Urban dam in Soweto carries antiretroviral drugs and pesticides in first-of-its-kind screening
A first-time screening of South Africa's Orlando Dam found antiretroviral drugs, antibiotics, pesticides and metals, contrasting with the agricultural contamination ...
Groundwater in Pakistan’s Dalbandin Region Carries Heavy Metals Far Above WHO Limits
A first comprehensive assessment of Dalbandin's groundwater found all fifty samples unsafe for drinking, with lead at sixteen times the ...
Arsenic Drives Health Risk Flags in Oman’s Sur Coastal Fish, First Baseline Finds
The first multi-element baseline of the Sur coastal fishery in Oman finds mercury and lead largely within limits but flags ...
Soil Bacterial Abundance Tracks Heavy-Metal Contamination Near Bulgarian Lead-Zinc Smelter
A field survey of five soils around the KCM-2000 smelter in Southern Bulgaria found that total bacterial abundance, measured as ...
Mining Dam Disaster Pushed Aquatic Ecosystems Past Critical Ecological Thresholds
A six-year, multi-taxa monitoring study of Brazil's Fundão Dam collapse identifies the metal and turbidity thresholds at which freshwater and ...
Thermal Activation Enhances Bentonite Copper Removal
Thermal activation of bentonite at 300 degrees Celsius enhances its capacity to remove copper ions from water by modifying the ...
Grilled Roadside Fish in South Africa Carries Microplastics and Elevated Metals
A study of braaied fish sold by informal roadside vendors in Limpopo Province, South Africa, found microplastics in every edible ...
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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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