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Episode: The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots
Description: Some species can absorb extreme amounts of nickel from soils. Such “phytomining” could help provide batteries essential for the renewable revolution. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.
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