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Growing alfalfa in Martian-like soil and filtering water using bacteria and Martian basalt

A team of Iowa State University researchers discovered that it may be possible to successfully grow alfalfa on Mars. The group has published a paper describing their work on the open-access site PLOS ONE. As various groups around the world consider not only sending humans...

Scientists used waste to clean arsenic from lake contaminated by gold mine

Arsenic had leached into the lake from tailings at the abandoned Long Lake Gold Mine. It operated intermittently until 1937. It produced approximately 200,000 metric tons of tailings which is discharged directly to the environment without containment. University of Waterloo researchers have shown that a...