So, startups are now turning to plants that can concentrate nickel from the soil. Scientifically, this is referred to as phytomining. It has the dual benefit of preventing mining while still ...

In this project, their goal is to develop a chemically and microbiologically catalyzed phytomining (CMPM) technology that will make nickel (Ni) more available for uptake and translocation. They will ...

The gist is that you genetically modify plants so that their cells become factories pumping out proteins of pharmaceutical interest. Then, in the same way that phytomining harvests metal from ...