Metal Plant \m/Scientists have discovered a plant that thrives of metal; the material, not the music
Metal Plant \m/Scientists have discovered a plant that thrives of metal; the material, not the music.Professor Edwino Fernando and his research compadres at the University of the Philippines, have discovered a plant known as the Rinorea niccolifera which accumulates 18,000 ppm (mg/L) of Nickel in its leaves, a trait only found in 0.5% of plants. This concentration is around a thousand times more than a plant typically ingests.The results are published in the journal PhytoKeys and can be found here: http://bit.ly/1nrnwkN.These hyperacccumulator plants are currently being examined for the development of various green technologies.-Jean -- source link
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