Tagged: Biological Engineering

A plant growing out of soil.

Can You Mine Metals with Plants?

The process of extracting metals from the soil by using certain types of plants called hyperaccumulators that can freely absorb and store metals in their tissues is known as phytoextraction or phytomining or biomining, which in this Geekswipe edition, you’ll be learning about.

crater ice on mars

How to Grow Plants on Mars?

Explore the primary issues in growing plants on Mars, and learn about the solutions to fix those issues that could successfully spark a Martian terraforming in the near future.