Researchers have taken a major step toward understanding how certain plants can thrive without chemically produced nitrogen.

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

Researchers have discovered that altering two amino acids in plant receptors can enable crops to form symbiotic relationships ...

A pioneering dawn observation in Sweden has revealed that blue auroras occur far higher in Earth’s atmosphere than previously ...

Bacteria are only the only organisms that are able to 'fix' nitrogen, or remove it from the atmosphere and convert it into a useful form. While some plants seem to fix nitrogen, it is actually ...

The discovery of non-cyanobacteria diazotrophs underneath Arctic sea ice could change our understanding of the food web, as well as the ocean's carbon budget.

Chemists offer two new methods to develop a way to easily replace a carbon atom with a nitrogen atom in a molecule. The findings could make it easier to develop new drugs. For years, if you asked the ...

From left: UChicago chemists Mark Levin, Jisoo Woo, and Tyler Pearson discuss techniques to swap nitrogen atoms in molecules—a change often made by drug discovery chemists. Credit: Julia Driscoll For ...

Touted as the world’s first 3‑in‑1 multifunctional nitrogen beverage maker, EverNitro extracts pure nitrogen directly from ...

For years, if you asked the people working to create new pharmaceutical drugs what they wished for, at the top of their lists would be a way to easily replace a carbon atom with a nitrogen atom in a ...