Nitrogen, upon which all life on Earth depends, may hold the key for explaining how early life on the planet evolved and how it could evolve on other planets.

Human history is often told through kings, empires and machines, but a single reactive metal quietly underpins much of that ...

Recently, chemical looping ammonia synthesis (CLAS) has emerged as a viable alternative method for ammonia production. Specifically, aluminium-oxide (Al (2) O (3) )-based chemical looping has shown ...

Researchers use synthetic biology to reverse-engineer modern nitrogenases and rebuild their possible ancestors, in an effort to better understand the origins of life on Earth and beyond.

Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) the influence of parasitic fungi on the ...

Ammonia is an essential chemical used across many industries worldwide. Beyond its traditional role as a fertilizer, it is ...

Parasitic fungi alter the nitrogen cycle The IOW researchers analyzed the phytoplankton Dolichospermum, an ecologically important nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, and examined its susceptibility to ...

At the start of January 2025, WA revealed and celebrated the release of a brand new pasture legume, Carn2ac, a cultivar of ...

Custom Chemistry has managed to acquire 3% of the South African agricultural nitrogen fertiliser market in the past three ...

Scientists have elucidated how NodD recognizes flavonoids by resolving, for the first time, the high-resolution crystal structure of the complex formed between the NodD protein of pea rhizobia and the ...