Phosphorus is integral to agriculture and human life. We can’t grow any of our food without it. Of the phosphorus fertilizers applied, perhaps 20% ends up consumed in the final product. Large amounts ...

Your bones support you, so you need to support them in return. But while calcium and vitamin D usually get all the credit for bone health, another essential mineral — phosphorus — tends to get left ...

Senior Pentagon officials have recommended that the U.S. provide Ukraine with white phosphorus munitions for use on the battlefield, but the White House has rejected the idea several times, according ...

The Biden administration said it would be asking questions about reports of Israel illegally using white phosphorus in Lebanon in October. Israel denied the claims. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Ephrat ...

Two humanitarian organizations and an eyewitness who spoke to CBS News have accused Israeli forces of using white phosphorus shells in their bombardment of the Gaza Strip over the last week, in what ...

Following the Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack and mass kidnapping of Israeli citizens by Gaza-based Hamas militants, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) began a massive military campaign against the ...

Human Rights Watch has determined based on verified video and witness accounts that Israeli forces used white phosphorus in military operations in Lebanon and Gaza on October 10 and 11, 2023, ...

(Beirut, October 12, 2023) – Israel’s use of white phosphorus in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injuries, Human Rights Watch said today in ...

Abstract: A method is proposed for increasing electret charge stability of polymer films and fibrous materials via their modification by phosphorus trichloride vapors. Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) ...

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system. Scientists combing through data ...