Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. That’s certainly true for nitrogen fertilizers. Without enough nitrogen, crops don’t grow well. Yields are reduced significantly. Applying too mu... Read more
Washington State University biologist Mechthild Tegeder has developed a way to dramatically increase the yield and quality of soybeans. Her greenhouse-grown soybean plants fix twice as much... Read more
Provisional patent filed for process using most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere Indiana University biologists believe they have found a faster, cheaper and cleaner way to increase b... Read more
A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of the world’s crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentall... Read more
Under the microscope, they look like they could be from another planet, but these microscopic organisms inhabit the depths of our oceans in nearly infinite numbers. To begin to identify wher... Read more
Study reveals scale of nitrogen’s effect on people and ecosystems. It’s no secret that China is faced with some of the world’s worst pollution. Until now, however, informat... Read more
The largest source, however, is agriculture Human-made nitrogen now affects even isolated waterways, presaging a world where humanity drives the natural cycle of this vital nutrient. Scienti... Read more
Liquid nitrogen can transform oil, berries and even hamburgers Since man’s discovery of fire, cooking has been mainly a process of subjecting food to high temperatures that chemically alter... Read more
Image via Wikipedia THE GLOBAL DIGITAL SOIL MAP WILL GENERATE DATA CRUCIAL FOR COMBATING HUNGER, POVERTY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Soil is a critical component of our planet’s ecosystems—it provi... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Our ability to pull nitrogen from the air fed a growing human population. Can 21st century biotechnology refine the process while reducing environmental impact? In 1968 t... Read more