Inorganic, elemental defenses likely evolved as a way for plants to cope with toxic elements inadvertently absorbed from the soil such as nickel, zinc, cadmium, and lead. Many plants avoid ...

Fortified Cereals: Many breakfast cereals are fortified with zinc. - Plant-based Sources: Beans, nuts, whole grains, eggs, and dairy products also contain zinc, though in lower amounts compared to ...

The transition to renewable energy requires efficient methods for storing large amounts of electricity. Researchers have developed a new method that could extend the lifespan of aqueous zinc-ion ...

Canadian diversified miner Teck Resources has shut down one of the four sections of its electrolytic zinc plant at the Trail Operations in British Columbia, following a localised fire on Tuesday.

Zinc sulphide exists with two different crystal structures, the cubic zinc blend (top diagram) and the hexagonal Wurtzite (lower diagram). In the zinc blend structure the sulphur ions form an fcc ...

Addition of a 2D protective layer to the anode of a zinc-ion battery makes it more efficient and increases its lifespan to ...

Chesnee Community Fire Department Inc "Currently Rutherford County has issued a 1/2 mile radius evacuation of the Zinc plant, due to the air quality," the Chesnee Community Fire Department Inc ...

Teck Mining Company's zinc and lead smelting and refining complex is pictured in Trail, B.C., on Monday November 26, 2012. Teck Resources says a fire at its zinc plant in Trail, B.C., has shut ...

A small team of horticulturists in China and the U.S. has found that spraying rice plants with a zinc oxide nanoparticle solution helps them better handle the stress of a heat wave. In their study, ...

The method developed at the Technical University of Munich is intended to make several hundred thousand charge and discharge ...

Shanghai zinc prices jumped up to 4.5% on Friday to their highest level in more than a month, after miner Nyrstar said it would shut its plant in France due to high power prices, exacerbating ...