White phosphorus is a highly reactive substance that ignites when exposed to oxygen, producing intense heat and thick smoke. This article explores what white phosphorus is, its military uses ...

A Prussian chemist analyzed some of the clay Humboldt had brought home and found that it contained high concentrations of two essential nutrients: nitrogen and phosphorus. Guano offered an answer ...

Phosphorus is an essential but often overlooked resource, which is vital for life on Earth and is extracted from phosphate rock for use in crop fertilizers, livestock feeds and food additives.

Anthony Lukas Award. Egan’s new book, “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance,” tells the urgent story of the 13th element to be discovered. (It’s the 15th element on ...

DHEIRA, Lebanon — Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack in southern Lebanon that injured at least nine civilians in what a rights group says should be ...

Plumes of water erupting from Enceladus contain phosphorus, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature by an international team of researchers. They found the phosphorus by ...

Photos of IDF actions around the Gaza City seaport on Oct. 11, 2023, have since been used as evidence that Israel used white phosphorus munitions in this heavily populated civilian area ...

According to WHO, white phosphorus is a chemical substance that "ignites instantly upon contact with oxygen" and is "very ...

MIT chemists have devised an environmentally friendly way to generate white phosphorus, a critical intermediate in the manufacture of products such as herbicides, lithium-ion batteries ...

State environmental officials ordered the Liberty Hill Wastewater Treatment Plant to lower the amount of phosphorus it discharges into the San Gabriel River. The decision Thursday came years after ...

As a result of Ortiz’s action, several patients suffered cardiac emergencies and Dr. Melanie Kaspar died after using one of the IV bags, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors said the ...