Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth
Micrometeorites originating from icy celestial bodies in the outer Solar System may be responsible for transporting nitrogen to the near-Earth region in the early days of our solar system.…
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Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air
Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these and other prehistoric animals during the Mesozoic Era, starting 252 million years…
Human lung-inspired sensor monitors nitrogen dioxide in real-time
Fabrication of LIG@Cu3HHTP2 . Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38918-3…
Computer simulations show how nitrogen injections can help flush oil from underground storage
Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.2c00533…
The Long, Leguminous Quest to Give Crops Nitrogen Superpowers
If crops could feel envy, it’d be for legumes. Bean plants have a superpower. Or more accurately, they share one. They’ve developed symbiotic relationships with bacteria that process…
Novel sewage treatment system removes up to 70% of nitrogen that would otherwise be discarded into…
Microscope image of the polyurethane foam, taken right after the formation of bacterial biofilm; the upper, darker…
Neutrinos hint the sun has more carbon and nitrogen than previously thought
After two decades of debate, scientists are getting closer to figuring out exactly what the sun — and thus the whole universe — is made of.
The sun is mostly composed of…
Nitrous oxide, potent greenhouse gas, are on the rise from ocean dead zones- Technology News,…
The ConversationJul 07, 2021 16:19:16 ISTIn October 2019, I set sail with a team of scientists aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off the…