When we think of the atmosphere and its necessity in sustaining life, we are thinking of oxygen and for plants, carbon dioxide. There is another chemical, though, a clear, odorless and tasteless gas ...

Scientists have developed an improved method to convert municipal wastewater sludge into higher quality renewable fuel while ...

Nitrogen-fixing cereals? California researchers grew wheat that fixed its own nitrogen, but commercialized seed production is ...

Earth is bathed in nitrogen. It makes up about 78% of the atmosphere, and it’s stitched into every nucleotide, every cell, every living thing on the planet. But before humans learned to synthesize ...

Tropical forests are among the planet’s most powerful natural climate tools, yet after logging or pasture use they can take decades to recover their biomass and biodiversity. New research suggests ...

Tropical forests have long been treated as slow, patient allies in the fight against climate change, quietly locking away ...

Scientists have developed an improved method to convert municipal wastewater sludge into higher quality renewable fuel while significantly reducing ...

Yesterday, the FDA approved a medical device terminally sterilized by Noxilizer’s nitrogen dioxide sterilization process. Baltimore-based Noxilizer provides room-temperature sterilization technology, ...

Nitrogen is an essential element for living organisms, needed to build DNA, proteins and chlorophyll. Although nitrogen makes up nearly 80% of the air we breathe, it’s availability to plants and ...