nutrient
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This sets off a chemical reaction freeing phosphorus, a primary nutrient for the algae, from the lake floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Insects pollinate more than 80 percent of wild plant species, serve as food for 60 percent of bird species, and support food webs, nutrient cycling, and global food production.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Those cells showed widespread changes in gene activity, including shifts in how they processed fuel, reacted to hormones, and detected nutrient availability.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Frain, a trained chef, is now working on “protein hero” projects like a buffalo mac and cheese with 40 grams of the nutrient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Because of bamboo’s low nutrient value, a panda must eat between twenty and forty pounds a day, even in winter, to gain the nutrition it needs.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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Because microbes continuously take up, transform, and release nutrients, this form of phosphorus can offer insight into the biologically active portion of the soil phosphorus cycle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Root systems protect Lake Tahoe’s clarity by stabilizing soils that could erode, and uptaking nutrients that would feed algae in the lake,” Cowen wrote in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Jung had initially assumed they were providing nutrients, but then began to wonder if something more sinister was at play.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
And instead of relying on the local soil, they would pot the plants in a material made from coconut fiber, with nutrients and filtered water provided via drip-irrigation technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Bacterial activity, certain nutrients provided by animal life, etc.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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