Acuphagia and metal eating appears to be rarer in adult populations although a number of case studies from around the world have been published over the last decade.

A special type of bacteria can "eat" a nail in just three days, says a biotechnologist from Chile. Nadac Reales, who studies the microorganisms from her lab in the industrial town of Antofagasta, ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Genes thought to allow plants to accumulate large amounts of metal in their tissues have been identified and cloned by a Purdue University scientist. The finding is expected to ...