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Joseph Shavit
Dec 28, 2022
Zinc reverses lung damage and considerably improves patient survival
A team discovered that zinc, a common mineral, may reverse lung damage and improve survival for patients with a deadly age-related condition


Joseph Shavit
Dec 20, 2022
Common mineral supplement found to prevent colds and reduce sick time
A new meta-analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials has now strengthened the notion that supplementing zinc could prevent symptoms.


Joseph Shavit
Nov 20, 2022
Common mineral supplement can prevent colds and reduce sick time
Meta-analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials has now strengthened the notion that supplementing this mineral could prevent symptoms.


Joshua Shavit
Sep 15, 2021
New green process pulls lithium from contaminated water to meet growing global demand
Although the supply of lithium around the world is plentiful, getting access to it and extracting it remains challenging and inefficient.


Joseph Shavit
Aug 26, 2021
Petal to the metal: How to ‘phytomine’ high-value metals from plants
Harvesting high grade metals – such as nickel, gold, and cobalt — from plants just like any other crop is called phytomining


Joseph Shavit
Oct 14, 2020
Google’s parent company is building a farming robot
“Mineral” is a suite of hardware and software tools that analyze the “complexity of the plant world.”
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