An international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to investigate molecular gas in a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1387. Results of the ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team investigated the decay time of coherent longitudinal optical (LO) phonons both in a GaAs1−xNx epilayer and in a GaAs single crystal to clarify the ...

A new study in Panama finds that nitrogen availability limits forest growth in the early stages of regeneration. Nitrogen addition to newly cleared land and 10-year-old forests substantially boosted ...

CHICOPEE — The city received $1.09 million in federal money Wednesday toward $80 million in ongoing improvements to its 70-year-old sewer treatment plant. This phase is specifically to remove excess ...

Climate change is not only warming the planet and disrupting rainfall, it is also quietly rewiring the way nitrogen moves through the world’s croplands, forests, and grasslands. This hidden shift in ...

A hidden danger may be lurking in your kitchen. Many Americans are breathing in nitrogen dioxide—a harmful pollutant that’s been linked with asthma and lung cancer—from fumes emitted by their gas ...

Three children and a young adult were killed in a mass shooting at a little girl’s birthday party in California on Saturday, with the gunman still on the loose, cops said. The deadly chaos, which also ...

Damian Bailey is supported by a Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowship (Grant No. WM170007). Damian Bailey is Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Physiology, Chair of the Life Sciences Working Group, ...

Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution came over the strenuous objection of three liberal Supreme Court justices. By ...

A comprehensive review published in Nitrogen Cycling highlights significant advances in understanding the soil nitrogen cycle, emphasizing the critical role of microbial processes and innovative ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When most people think of lightning, they picture bright flashes in the sky or the rumble of thunder that follows. But lightning does more than put on a show during storms: it helps ...