If you’re planning a new garden, you should start with good soil. After all, soil is the medium of life for plants, providing a place for roots to spread out and take up water and nutrients.

Soil is also a huge source of raw materials, from iron ore and bauxite (the rock used to make aluminium) to natural gas which is used to power our society. A new report from Save Soil – a ...

Degraded soils, nutritional deficiencies Many nutritional deficiencies in our foods result from growing crops on degraded soils.Even the nutrients in the most everyday ingredients are at risk. One ...

The mechanics of this are simple: Direct skin contact with the incredibly diverse range of microbes in the soil directly impacts our microbiome, which itself is inextricably linked with our mental ...

One at-home treatment option for eczema is zinc oxide. Zinc is known for its ability to soothe and prevent skin irritation, meaning it may help some people with skin conditions such as eczema. Zinc is ...

By introducing rare earth single atoms into manganese oxide (MnO 2), the group successfully modulated oxygen electronic states, leading to unprecedented improvements in OER performance.

Occasional tillage (OT), also known as strategic tillage, is an innovative practice within conservation agriculture (CA) that aims to address some biophysical constraints in long-term no-tillage (NT) ...

Of course, you’ll need way more than just the machine and a power outlet. Additional resources are a must, and some expertise would go a long way. Even so, you end up with raw diamonds that need ...

Food security and biodiversity are threatened by the chemicals contaminating our soils. Earthworms, insects and mites are all at risk from soil pollution, and scientists are worried that we know very ...