nodules

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Before, Ahmad could tap — meaning to cut incisions in the acacia trees, which exude sap that a few weeks later hardens into nodules of Hashab gum — four orchards in one go.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"Maybe the ridges were cemented by minerals first, and later episodes of groundwater left nodules around them."

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

But the deep-sea mining industry -- which is keen to extract precious metals from these potato-sized polymetallic nodules -- and some researchers have expressed doubts about the claim.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

If the ISA concludes that current mining techniques are too destructive, companies could try to develop less intrusive ways of extracting nodules from the seafloor.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Five to ten days later, hard nodules began growing at the injection sites.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot