The solution to a 75-year-old materials mystery might one day allow farmers in developing nations to produce their own fertilizer on demand, using sunlight and nitrogen from the ai... Read more
Next step could be ‘nitrogen-fixing’ plants that can do the same, reducing need for fertilizer In the future, plants will be able to create their own fertilizer. Farmers will no lo... Read more
A newly developed fertilizer system will provide nutrition to engineered cotton crops worldwide and a deadly dose to weeds that are increasingly herbicide resistant, according to a... Read more
Fertilisers with lower environmental impacts and reduced costs for farmers are being developed by University of Adelaide researchers in the world-first use of the new advanced mate... Read more
Nitrogen-based synthetic fertilizer forms the backbone of the world food supply, but its manufacture requires a tremendous amount of energy. Now, computer modeling at Princeton Uni... Read more
As the world population continues to balloon, agricultural experts puzzle over how farms will produce enough food to keep up with demand. One tactic involves boosting crop yields.... Read more
African farmers who are able to produce their own fertilizer from only air. Bhaskar S. Patil brings this prospect closer with a revolutionary reactor that coverts nitrogen from the... Read more
In the second half of the 20th century, the mass use of fertilizer was part of an agricultural boom called the “green revolution” that was largely credited with averting a global f... Read more
The “Green Revolution” of the ’60s and ’70s has been credited with helping to feed billions around the world, with fertilizers being one of the key drivers... Read more
Ever thought of putting sewage on your plants? Scientists say thermally conditioned sewage sludge serves as an excellent fertilizer to improve soil properties. This was recently pu... Read more
Method could lead to more environmentally friendly fertilizer production Northwestern University scientists are the first to develop a catalyst that can perform a remarkable feat f... Read more
Lancaster University scientists are leading research looking at formulating sustainable fertilisers from renewable energy waste. This new area of research aims to produce a sustain... Read more
