Nitrogen is an essential component in the production of amino acids and nucleic acids -- both necessary for cell growth and function. Atmospheric nitrogen must first be converted, or 'fixed,' into a ...

Scientists examining seawater from Blanes Bay in the north-western Mediterranean uncovered 26 new bacterial strains that ...

Nitrogen is an essential component in the production of amino acids and nucleic acids — both necessary for cell growth and function. Although the ...

The biogeochemical flow of phosphorous and nitrogen is one of the Stockholm Resilience Centre's key planetary boundaries that ...

Producing enough ammonia to feed the world comes with a large carbon footprint; a process described in a new UB-led study ...

Producing sufficient ammonia to sustain global food production carries a significant carbon footprint; a new UB-led study ...

MEYER and Anderson 1 recently found that moderately high temperatures inhibit symbiotic nitrogen fixation in subterranean clover grown in nutrient agar and they imply that their results may be ...

Taking inspiration from how nature --including lightning -- produces ammonia, a team has developed a reactor that produces the chemical commodity from nitrogen in the air and water, without any carbon ...

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a new reactor that can produce ammonia directly from air and water — without releasing any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Taking inspiration from how nature—including lightning—produces ammonia, a team led by the University at Buffalo has developed a reactor that produces the chemical commodity from nitrogen in the air ...

Stanford researchers have found a surprising genetic twist in a lineage of microbes that may play an ... biochemist Lance Seefeldt. "We need nitrogen to survive, but we can't take it in from ...

In nitrogen fixation, the electrical energy of a lightning ... After falling down as rainwater, nitrogen oxides are converted into ammonia by bacteria in the soil, supplying plants with nutrients.