Biology Researchers Reveal New Mode of Male Endocrine Disruption for Environmental Dose Arsenic Exposure (Biology) 21 Jan 2021 Arsenic is a metalloid element found ubiquitously in the environment in either an organic or inorganic state. General populations are widely exposed to arsenic via digestion and inhalation. Environmental arsenic…
Botany SMART Researchers Engineer a Plant-based Sensor to Monitor Arsenic Levels in Soil (Botany) 14 Dec 2020 Nanoscale devices integrated into the leaves of living plants can detect the toxic heavy metal in real time. Scientists from theDisruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) research group at…
Food New Way Of Cooking Rice Removes Arsenic And Retains Mineral Nutrients (Food) 8 Nov 20208 Nov 2020 Cooking rice in a certain way removes over 50 per cent of the naturally occurring arsenic in brown rice, and 74 per cent in white rice, according to new research.…
Geology Without Oxygen, Earth’s Early Microbes Relied On Arsenic To Sustain Life (Geology) 22 Sep 2020 New study led by Pieter T. Visscher ane colleagues found that much of life on planet Earth today relies on oxygen to exist, but before oxygen was present on our…
