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

Occasionally, a breakthrough in energy technology reshapes the way we think about power generation. A newly developed ...

unlike conventional fuels that produce greenhouse gases such as CO 2. Unfortunately, N 2 is the only naturally occurring allotrope (molecular form) of nitrogen, which, due to its inert nature arising ...

Nitrogen fertilizers have been extremely important in the rise of modern agriculture and food security. Source: Unsplash/George Bakos ...

A team of scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel method to ...

Weetabix's Lower Carbon Wheat Project, a game-changer in sustainable agriculture, is reducing wheat carbon footprint by up to ...

Nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%) make up the bulk of the atmosphere with trace amounts of what are termed greenhouse gases, primarily comprised of water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2,) methane (CH4 ...

While most Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn ...

The Trump administration paused $38 million in funding for research aimed at reducing nitrogen fertilizer use in biofuel crops. The research sought to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce farmer ...

Corn is a key source of biofuel. Fertilizing it releases a potent greenhouse gas into the air, so the federal government had approved research to grow the crop with less nitrogen. The funding is ...