Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

Microbiologists have now provided unparalleled insight into the Earth's nitrogen cycle, identifying and characterizing the ammonia-oxidizing microbe, Nitrospira inopinata. New research from University ...

The last time you scrubbed a streaky window or polished a porcelain appliance, you probably used a chemical called ammonia.

Climate change is not only warming the planet and disrupting rainfall, it is also quietly rewiring the way nitrogen moves ...

We here on Earth live at the bottom of an ocean of nitrogen. Nearly 80% of every breath we take is nitrogen, and the element is a vital component of the building blocks of life. Nitrogen is critical ...

To reach the alarming conclusion, the study reviewed 30 years of field experiments and global model simulations to assess how ...

Nitrogen is an essential element required by all life — vital for plant and animal growth and nourishment. But, an overabundance of nitrogen can cause negative ecological effects. Over the past ...

First there was the artificial leaf. Now its creator has unveiled the bionic leaf, which uses engineered bacteria and sunlight to convert nitrogen from the atmosphere into a fertilizer. Dan Nocera ...

Fertilizers form the backbone of many agricultural processes worldwide. Decades worth of work has been poured into understanding the way in which fertilizers function and the ways in which they can ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The effects of methionine sulfoximine and ammonium chloride on [14C]glutamate metabolism in excised leaves of Triticum aestivum were ...