Plants open their pores and scientists strike gold
Date | 14th, Jun 2018 |
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Source | ScienceDaily - General News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Plants containing the element gold are already widely known. The flowering perennial plant alfafa, for example, has been cultivated by scientists to contain pure gold in its plant tissue. Now researchers have identified and investigated the characteristics of gold nanoparticles in two plant species growing in their natural environments.