Novel enzyme can extract valuable compounds from plant waste using a green chemistry approach
About 98% of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to ...
Sewage sludge can find a second life on farm fields. Here's how it's made
What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...
Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it
In the summer, the sewage sludge, referred to in the industry as biosolids, attracted so many flies there was no way to keep ...
Biochar and microbe synergy: A path to climate-smart farming
Most people probably don't think about soil as a living thing. But it is filled with millions of tiny organisms that play a ...