By using two different transparent soil substitutes, scientists have shown that soil bacteria rely on fungi to help them survive dry periods, says a study published today in eLife.

To measure the effects of clear-cutting on carbon storage, researchers at Dartmouth College measured carbon's resistance to extraction at several soil sites -- some located in relatively pristine ...

Transparent soil modelling represents a significant advance in geotechnical research, enabling scientists to observe and quantify the internal behaviour of soil systems under various loading and ...

Overall, these transparent soil substitutes are powerful tools that will help us answer many outstanding questions in soil microbial ecology." Story Source: Materials provided by eLife.

To create their transparent soil, a research team led by Lionel Dupuy and Helen Downie used 350-to-1,600-micron-wide pellets of the synthetic and transparent polymer, Nafion.

DUNDEE, Scotland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Researchers in Scotland say they have developed a see-through soil that will enable scientists to study roots in detail for the first time.

Expanding efforts to measure, monitor and protect soil biodiversity around the world will intensify further with the ...

Root phenotypes are increasingly explored as predictors of crop performance but are still challenging to characterize. Media that mimic field conditions (e.g., soil, sand) are opaque to most forms of ...

The transparent material was designed to help researchers study plant roots. It took the team two years to find a compound that could match the properties of soil. The new soil replicates the real ...