Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth. In the global oceans, however, this element is scarce, and nitrogen availability is therefore critical for the growth of marine life. Some bacteria found ...

It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can carry out N2 fixation. It was assumed that the high levels of oxygen ...

With growing corn’s high demand for available nitrogen, White called the quest for nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the crop “the holy grail of agronomy.” The phenomenon of microbes producing usable ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

But what about a virus that doesn’t make people sick — just the bacteria that infects people, effectively destroying it? That’s what bacteriophages — or, simply, phages — are ...

Marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria are largely confined to the tropical and subtropical ocean. It has been argued that their global biogeographical distribution reflects the physiologically ...

The federal investigation into alleged game-fixing that has ensnared at least two NBA players has also placed multiple men’s college basketball programs under scrutiny. Games this season ...

What did the report find? Last week, EDCOM II unveiled its findings for its second year with the publication of its Year Two Report, “Fixing the Foundations.” The report builds upon the critical ...

A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had not proven his claims that the new method is unconstitutionally cruel ...

IT is a well-known fact that by the combined action of cellulose-decomposing and nitrogen-fixing bacteria in crude culture, elementary nitrogen may be fixed in quantities of as much as 10–12 mgm.

LONDON — Six more current or former tennis players linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium were given suspensions of varying lengths — one was barred for 15 years — and fined ...

A federal investigation into an organized web of alleged game-fixing in men’s basketball at both the professional and college levels is advancing, sources tell Sports Illustrated, with a grand ...