The Chinese brake fern looks unassuming. But Pteris vittata has a superpower: It sucks up arsenic, tucks the toxic metal away in its fronds and lives to tell the tale. No other plants or animals are ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The fern Pteris vittata L. belongs to the evolutionarily highest group of vascular plants that still maintains a free-living gametophytic ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Isolating a gene that allows a type of fern to tolerate high levels of arsenic, Purdue University researchers hope to use the finding to create plants that can clean up soils ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Arsenic-contaminated soil and groundwater pose risks to millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Cleaning up the toxic metal is a laborious and ...
In her guest blog, MiCUP student researcher Kim Roark explains how some plants — called hyperaccumulators — help clean up arsenic-contaminated soils. Biologists recognize health concerns caused by a ...
The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
Arsenic is toxic to most forms of life, and occurs naturally in soil and ground water in many regions of the world. Chronic exposure to arsenic has been linked to lung, bladder and kidney cancer, and ...
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