New York University scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use ...

When this ammonia is fixed by bacteria or during nitrification, reactive avatar and oxygen form a melange of compounds: Nitric oxide (NO), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrate (NO3).

This research to cut US reliance on fertilizer would have helped farmers and the environment. Why was it halted?

Farmers apply nitrogen fertilizers to crops to boost yields, feeding more people and livestock. But when there’s more ...

AI analysis has identified genes that affect nitrogen use efficiency in corn, which could mean cost savings and better crops ...

Cryotherapy uses vaporised liquid nitrogen or nitrous oxide to lower the skin’s surface temperature to below minus 100 degrees Celsius (minus 148 Fahrenheit) for a recommended time of no more ...

Unlike the increase in carbon dioxide that mostly comes from burning fossil fuels, the extra nitrous oxide in the atmosphere mostly comes from industrialized farming — and nitrogen fertilizer is ...