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Even when plants don't extract significant amounts of material, they can be useful in detecting sources. A paper about using synchrotron analyses to detect gold
by kelseyfrog 3y ago
Even when plants don't extract significant amounts of material, they can be useful in detecting sources. A paper about using synchrotron analyses to detect gold in eucalyptus comes to mind.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms3614 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms3614
- Esus 3y agoWhat even, thank you for sharing this, would have never stumbled on it organically. Just the title alone has me intrigued. > gold particles in Eucalyptus leaves and their relevance to exploration for buried gold deposits Would love any other recs like this.
- defrost 3y agoTermites strike gold: Ant and termite colonies unearth gold in Australia https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211095007.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211095007.h... ( Also used in parts of Africa)
- tmerse 3y agoAnd then there is nano bionic, explosives detecting spinach. https://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-1031 https://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-e...