Researchers Identify Problems in the Uranium Bioremediation Avenue

Source: Physorg.com

Testu Tokunaga and Jiamin Wan are among a team of researchers who recently obtained data to question a popular potential Uranium bioremediation method involving the infusion of organic carbon. Read more »

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