A two-year Chinese field trial shows that partially replacing chemical fertilizers with peanut shells and mushroom residue boosts soil organic carbon, enzyme activity, and beneficial microbes in ...

A field study in Plant and Soil shows that catch-cropping arrow pea or hairy vetch during fallow significantly improves soil fertility, yields, and fruit quality of chili, tomato, and cucumber under ...

A cell sitting in fluid looks like one of the most passive things in biology. Nutrients drift toward it on the aimless ...

A seventh grader from Palatine, Illinois, has turned eggshells into calcium carbonate crystals and used them to investigate ...

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Coastal erosion severely threatens the stability of sandy shorelines, necessitating low-cost and sustainable bio-mediated treatment methods for shoreline protection. This study investigates an ...

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In biocementation, the overall degree of cementation achieved is constrained by the successful completion of four individual, potentially rate-limiting steps: (i) adsorption of the biocatalyst urease ...

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