Japanese Researchers Use Ruthenium as Cost-Effective Ammonia Catalyst

Medicine & Technology Dec 24, 2020

Current processes for synthesizing ammonia require costly processes at high temperatures. Now, researchers are turning to ruthenium as a more cost-effective alternative.

Are Connector Fungi The Clue To The Mystery of Increased Nitrogen Warming the Arctic Tundra?

Jan 17, 2020

Until now, the permafrost in the Arctic Tundra has remained as it has been from the last ice age on earth. It seems there are alarming developments that are gaining attention, from a scientist at Northern Arizona University.

Marine Nitrogen Cycle is Starting to Become Unstable Due to the Decrease in Oxygen Levels in the Ocean

Dec 05, 2019

This is an alarming claim since these feedback mechanics—which scientists call 'the Nitrostat'—keep the marine nitrogen cycle stable for over geologic time.

Nitrogen Runoff is Decreasing the Quality of Waterways Across U.S.

Apr 26, 2019

Excessive nitrogen washed into waterways can lead to algal blooms or the low-oxygen dead zones.

Fertilizer From Air Production Promoted For Efficiency And Cost-Saving

May 18, 2017

A research has now been developed bringing a positive result. Ph.D. candidate Bhaskar S. Patil created a reactor to make a fertilizer from the air, which is found to be more efficient than the currently available fertilizers.

How Can Soil Erosion Cause Our Doom? Loss of Nutrients Poised to Cause Massive Famine

May 07, 2015

It's not as colorful in an action movie as invaders from other galaxies, for example, but it seems that soil erosion might be just as deadly to humans. Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley warn that human food security is at risk from the accelerating rate of soil depletion.

How to Make Biofuel: Feeding Algae with Wastewater

Apr 04, 2015

Feeding Algae with Wastewater, Makng Biofuel

Curiosity Finds Live-Supporting Nitrogen on Mars

Mar 25, 2015

Curiosity Finds Live-Supporting Nitrogen on Mars

Jagermeister-Sponsored Liquid Nitrogen Pool Party Has Predictably Bad Ending

Mar 24, 2015

Pool Party Becomes Very Bad Chemistry Demo

Frozen In Space—How Comet 67P Is Slowing Down

Mar 22, 2015

Researchers this week with the European Space Agency (ESA) may have discovered how comets can remain so cold with the revelation of molecular nitrogen being found on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but now they need to figure out their movements.

Rosetta Spots Clues About the Formation of the Solar System

Mar 21, 2015

he Rosetta Orbiter orbiting Comet 67P detected molecular nitrogen from October 17 to 23, 2014 when the orbiter was just 10 kilometers from the comet's center using the Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis.

Molecular Nitrogen on Comet 67P Reveals a Frigid Start to Our Solar System

Mar 20, 2015

For the past several months the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft mission has been tailing the famous Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with many answers at the core of its research. While in orbit the mission has been able to gather an immense amount of data, creating a never-before-seen view of comets as the first spacecraft to ever successfully orbit one in our history. Yet, many molecular ingredients that are thought to have given rise to comets have not been found.