Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce ...

This November, Cambridge voters will ratify or reject a draft of the City’s charter that makes minor changes without altering the core of its 85-year-old council-manager form of government. The ...

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Flatheads grow fast in this river system, attain large body sizes, and can eat a variety of prey. Because adult flatheads have few natural predators, they can exert strong control over the ecosystem.

Red nodules on the roots of an alder tree in Oregon are the result of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Credit: Steven Perakis Plants use nitrogen to produce proteins, enzymes, and chlorophyll: all necessary ...

This video takes a closer look at the Manfrotto Nitrotech 612 tripod, featuring its innovative nitrogen gas piston counterbalance system. Built for professional filmmakers and content creators, the ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

Several moments in Earth’s distant past help answer two fundamental questions: How did we get here? And where are we headed? These turning points reveal how life adapts to environmental changes. One ...

A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...

Diatomic nitrogen is an archetypal molecular system known for its exceptional stability and complex behavior at high pressures and temperatures, including rich solid polymorphism, formation of ...