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Review Examines the Science and Needs of Nitrogen-Based Transformations
Advances in biochemistry and catalysis could lead to faster, greener nitrogen-rich fertilizer.
Advances in biochemistry and catalysis could lead to faster, greener nitrogen-rich fertilizer.
A new platform melding microfluidics and robotics allows more in-depth bioanalysis with fewer cells than ever before.
How microbial communities adjust to nutrient-poor soils at the genomic and proteomic level gives scientists insights into land use.
Analyses reveal how a microbe breaks down lignin, providing a better understanding useful to making biofuels.
A combined experimental and modeling approach contributes to understanding small proteins with potential use in industrial, therapeutic applications.
Analyses of natural communities forming soil crusts agree with laboratory studies of isolated microbe-metabolite relationships.
New, easily prepared starting material opens access to learning more about a difficult-to-control element in nuclear waste.
Scientists revise understanding of the limits of bonding for very electron-rich heavy elements.
Measuring the physical properties of water at previously unexplored temperatures offers insights into one of the world’s essential liquids.
A large-scale soil project uncovered genetic information from bacteria with the capacity to make specialized molecules that could lead to new pharmaceuticals.
Experimental warming treatments show how peatland forests may respond to future environmental change.
Signaling mechanism details discovered, potentially leading to strategies to engineer plants that make more bio-oil.