A plant that can 'mine' nickel? Malaysia sets 2026 harvest date

KUALA LUMPUR -- In the foothills of Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia's highest mountain, grows a uncommon works known arsenic Phyllanthus rufuschaneyi that absorbs nickel from the area's metal-rich soil.
Phyllanthus rufuschaneyi is what is known arsenic a hyper-accumulating plant, and adjacent among this unique…