Silicon, described as a quasi-essential plant nutrient, can also play a big role in protecting crops against diseases.

Healthy soil is the heart of thriving gardens and homesteads. Knowing the complex makeup of soil and how to care for it, can ...

Soil may be a significant and underappreciated source of nitrous acid, a chemical that plays a pivotal role in atmospheric processes such as the formation of smog and determining the lifetime of ...

Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

Researchers from Kunming University of Science and Technology have discovered that certain soil minerals can trap dissolved ...

Every day beneath our feet, microbial decomposers tussle with soil minerals over a vast reservoir of carbon stored in the ground — and scientists know almost nothing about how this jostling plays out ...

Ecological Bulletins, No. 44, Effects of Acid Deposition and Tropospheric Ozone on Forest Ecosystems in Sweden (1995), pp. 100-113 (14 pages) Weathering rates for the upper 0.5 m soil at 22 coniferous ...

In the rogues' gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in town. Warped pathogens that lack both DNA and RNA, prions are believed to cause such fatal brain ailments ...

Researchers have recently proven that common soil bacteria can use light captured earlier in the day to power chemical work ...

A common soil fungus (Purpureocillium lilacinum BA1S), when combined with calcium and mild alkalinity, speeds up the ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Research by Indiana University scientists finds that soil may be a significant and underappreciated source of nitrous acid, a chemical that plays a pivotal role in atmospheric ...