Nominative determinism strikes again
some scientists are hopeful that hyperaccumulators could be used to "clean" soil where there has been a build-up of toxic material due to human activity.
Other potential applications include phytomining - growing hyperaccumulator plants on nutrient-poor but metal-rich soils to extract the elements they take up.
Wood(en) nickel!
Also, chlorophyll (what makes plants green) contains magnesium , which is a metal. "Mag wheels" are named after magnesium.
Although I _am_ wondering if the three could incorporate enough metal to make increased lightning strikes a survival issue.
If ever there was an appropriate name for a tree researcher!
This sounds like it could have multiple potential uses, if we can figure it out, and maybe if we can genericise it - Nickel is toxic, but its far from the only metal contaminant . If this could be adapted to, for instance, help process landfill sites, that could be big news.
Why nutrient-poor? Isn't it enough for them to extract metal?
That's insane
PS: 4 grams of iron in a persons body, ~5kg of blood.
