Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

The nitrogen cycle steps are kind of like a currency exchange, converting nitrogen into different forms, some of which plants ...

This document helps agricultural producers understand how N interacts in the environment through the N cycle to guide maintenance and sustainability of agricultural crop production. The Nitrogen Cycle ...

Chris Li, assistant professor of chemistry in the UB College of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the 2025 Class of Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.

Nitrogen gas makes up 78% of Earth’s atmosphere and is an essential component in amino acids and proteins. However, plants and animals cannot use nitrogen gas directly. Nitrates and other ...

Overuse of these chemical fertilizers has led to an upset in the nitrogen cycle and consequently to surface water as well as groundwater pollution. Increased loads of nitrogen fertilizer to ...

Beans are a key food at the dietary level, boasting high nutritional value and constituting the most directly consumed legume ...

By doing so, they drive key transformations in the nitrogen cycle and therefore play an essential role in ecosystems, even though many products and byproducts of their metabolisms are ...

It should also decrease N 2 O gas emissions and nitrate leaching from agricultural land, creating a healthier global nitrogen cycle.