Photosynthesis is how a plant creates food for itself, and nitrogen enters plants via its roots that are buried in the soil. Human life depends on nitrogen. A lot of the nitrogen that the human body ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 was put to death Tuesday evening in the nation’s sixth execution by nitrogen gas. Gregory Hunt was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m.

Efficient catalytic CO2 conversion by harnessing visible-light energy is a substantial challenge for sustainability. Photocatalytic materials consisting of light absorbers and catalysts have been ...

Comin and collaborators recently measured the full quantum geometry of a crystal — a first peek into the wave function of a real material. Let’s explore the hidden landscapes that are coming into view ...

The project's intricate façade geometry—126 affordable homes and offices—required a carefully composed, seamless array of rain-screen panels that follow the building's silhouette.

Natural polymer-based hydrogels hold significant potential for sustainable agriculture by enhancing soil hydration and enabling the controlled release of nutrients. This study shows an easy synthetic ...

The universe is vast. As far as we can see in any direction, we are in a small portion, or bubble, of the whole entire universe.That bubble is about 90 billion light years across.

In 2023, BASF and Yunnan Yuntianhua Co., Ltd, a China-based fertilizer manufacturer, launched a pilot project in China to verify the reduction of CO 2 equivalent emissions (CO 2 e) from the use of ...

Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web may have fundamentally transformed the geometry of the battlefield, and potentially changed the face of war for years to come.. This was a deep strike with few ...

Some microbes living on sand grains use up all the oxygen around them. Their neighbors, left without oxygen, make the best of it: They use nitrate in the surrounding water for denitrification -- a ...

Tasmanian dairy farmers trial microbes across 500 hectares of land with the help of a "top-notch" soil biologist to reduce their reliance on synthetic fertilisers such as urea.

IFFCO's nano urea adoption remains slow four years post-launch, with 26.5M bottles sold in FY25. Despite a 28.3% reduction in solid fertiliser use and 5.7% crop yield rise in trial areas, farmer ...