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 ...

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 ...

Understanding a molecule that plays a key role in nitrogen fixing – a chemical process that enables life on Earth – has long ...

Young tropical forests can regrow twice as fast with enough nitrogen, dramatically increasing carbon capture, according to a ...

To combat this problem, scientists have been attempting to use genetic engineering to help crops control their own ...

Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.

Legumes are not only economically significant crops, second only to cereals in human consumption, but also important ...