Leaching usually refers to the movement of dissolved substances with water percolating through soil. Sometimes, leaching may also refer to the movement of soluble chemicals out of biological tissues, as when rainfall causes potassium and other ions to...

The process by which soluble substances are dissolved out of a material. When rain falls on farmlands, for example, it dissolves weatherable minerals, pesticides, and fertilizers as it soaks into the ground. If enough water is added to the soil to fill...

The process whereby soluble material is washed out of a medium (such as soil) by the passage of water (such as rainwater or groundwater). The material washed out is known as the...

Leaching is the process of extracting a substance from a solid by dissolving it in a...

John A. Leach August 10, 2003 John A. Leach, 79, of Rome, NY, died Sunday, August 10, 2003, in Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, NY. Born on June 18, 1924, in Jessup, PA, he was a son of George and Catherine Krisanda Leach....

Steve Leach says he can't remember when he had eight shots in a game, much less in a period as he did in the first 20 minutes Saturday night against the Flyers. The right wing ended up with two power-play goals on 11 shots...

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach was fined a record $10,000 by the Big 12 Conference on Tuesday for his harsh criticism of game officials following last week's loss to Texas.The fine doubled the previous high by the league, levied twice before, against Kansas coach Mark...

Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler doesn't have the hairline fracture in his left leg he feared. An MRI on Monday was negative, but coach Mike Shanahan said he didn't know if Cutler would practice much this week or be under center Sunday at Kansas City."He doesn't...