nutrient
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Learning how the nutrient is stored, transformed, and released in soil is therefore important for maintaining fertile farmland while reducing waste and environmental damage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
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
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
Upping the nutrient is a frequent topic of conversation among users on social media, which Conagra has been closely monitoring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But for those who’ve lived as refugees longer than memory, learning to believe in the nutrient cycle requires something close to a religious conversion.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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“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
Normally, the gut barrier allows nutrients to pass into the body while helping prevent harmful bacteria from escaping the intestines.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 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
“The ants were adding nutrients to the mud and hastening the reestablishment of less ad hoc food chains,” he wrote.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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