Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human intestinal cells absorb, according to two new studies from Rutgers Health ...

Rutgers Health researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides ...

Don't use a herbicide on your weeds—use a natural weed killer instead! Learn how to spray or smother weeds to make them go ...

Ginger is known for its soothing effects on the stomach, and can effectively relieve nausea. It may also play a role in ...

A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.

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Scientists have developed a new rice strain that emits 70% less methane, addressing a major source of greenhouse gas ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count ... This type is found in plant-based foods ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...

The breakthrough uses the konjac plant – a root vegetable which is native to ... the unwanted formation of zinc dendrite in the cells, which is a major challenge to water-based zinc cells.