Scientists are now working on a possible solution to that problem, by developing a sustained-release fertilizer that takes the form of tiny glass beads. Conventional fertilizers are typically ...

The democratic glass bead has played this role well and, for this reason, the revolutionary uprisings, although guided from abroad, capitalize so much on the difficulties experienced by the ...

Now, researchers reporting in ACS Agricultural Science & Technology have addressed those challenges with glass fertilizer beads. The beads control nutrient release, and the researchers say they're ...