Northwestern researchers made progress on new biochemical possibilities this week, in both the human brain and everyday ...

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Northwestern University researchers are actively overturning the conventional view of iron oxides as mere phosphorus "sinks." ...

Using first-principles calculations, a research group led by Prof. Wang Xianlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical ...

A new study overturns assumptions about how phosphorus becomes available in soils and sediments for plant growth.

Scientists have uncovered that iron oxides, previously thought to trap phosphorus, actually help convert it into a ...

With a career focusing in nutrient management, earlier this winter Tom Snipes became CEO of fertilizer breakout company ...

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for plant growth, development, and reproduction that forms part of key molecules such as nucleic acids, phospholipids, ATP, and other biologically active ...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture has been engaged in a variety of research efforts since the outset of the H2Ohio program. Phosphorus fertilizer usage and placement on agricultural soils in the ...

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are essential nutrients for all living organisms. Soil, fertilizer, and manure are all sources of N and P to growing crops. Atmospheric deposition (the air we breathe ...

Most phosphorus in the environment is in an organic form that plants cannot directly use, and traditional understanding suggested only enzymes could convert it into the bioavailable inorganic form.