In a study published in PNAS, a research team led by SHI Xinghua from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with GAO Huajian's ...

For each of the 15 sites, bulk soil samples were collected from the top 10 mm of soil near the particle-sampling sites. The samples were air-dried, and subsamples were taken for soil analysis. Later, ...