Scientists from the University of the Philippines, Los Baños have discovered a new plant species (Rinorea niccolifera) that eats up to 18,000 ppm of nickel into its leaves without being poisoned. This amount is a hundred to a thousand times higher than in most other plants. This plant may be useful in decontaminating soils.
This plant was found through great collaboration between numerous individuals at the University of the Philippines. There was a large amount of chance also found in this discovery because only about .5% of plants in nickel rich environments exhibit this trait.
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