As farmers look to establish their 2023 cropping plan, some are looking at changing their rotation. Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, says he has been fielding questions on the subject. “For ...

Urea, originally a byproduct of human urine, is a critical chemical found in everything from fertilizers to skin care products to diesel-powered vehicles. Unfortunately, synthetic versions of urea are ...

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are some of the most abundant microorganisms in the ocean and play a key role in nitrogen cycling. Yet, despite their ubiquity, scientists have long puzzled over how ...

There’s a moment from junior high seared into my memory, when another kid asked me why I had “all those red bumps on my arms.” It was something that until then I had barely noticed; after his comment, ...

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are some of the most abundant microorganisms in the ocean and play a key role in nitrogen cycling. Yet, despite their ubiquity, scientists have long puzzled over how ...

Researchers have developed a material to remove urea from water and potentially convert it into hydrogen gas. By building these materials of nickel and cobalt atoms with carefully tailored electronic ...

Since 2021, South Korea has faced intermittent shortages of urea, an industrial commodity used for vehicles and agriculture fertilisers, as China temporarily suspended exports of the good due to ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology find that urea is a major energy source for ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in the open ocean, while coastal AOA prefer ammonium. The ...