All nitrogen articles
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NewsExplosion at outreach event under investigation after 18 people injured in Spain
Demonstration with liquid nitrogen and boiling water went horribly wrong at the University of Girona’s European Research Night
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OpinionLetters: September 2022
Readers celebrate apprenticeships, near-miss reporting and plants in urban areas
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ResearchSingle-celled marine organism first to be found releasing oxygen in the dark
Discovery of new biological pathway in widespread archaea could transform understanding of oceans’ fertility
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ResearchMysterious nitrogen ice patterns on Pluto linked to sublimation
Scientists use modelling to show that sublimation of nitrogen ice fuels convection in Pluto’s Sputnik Planitia impact crater by cooling its surface
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OpinionThe seabirds saved by synthetic chemistry
How an agricultural demand for bird poo almost destroyed an island group’s ecosystem
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ResearchEnantioselective synthesis of elusive chiral nitrogen compounds discovered by chance
An ‘elegant and simple’ way to make nitrogen stereocentres by supramolecular recognition
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BusinessDeadly liquid nitrogen leak at US poultry plant prompts $1m in fines
Georgia chicken processing facility, its gas supplier and cleaners failed to implement safety procures that could have saved six lives
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OpinionLetters: May 2021
Readers ponder hydrogel vaccine distribution and life with hearing difficulties
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OpinionThe active uses of an inert gas
Meeting the many demands for nitrogen in chemical plants requires a fascinating piece of equipment
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FeatureGetting to the root of soil nitrogen
The farming industry’s reliance on nitrogen compounds is altering the environment, but Ian Le Guillou finds a better understanding of the interplay between plants and microbes could help to reduce the impact
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ResearchHoles cause sodium nitride to behave like a metal
Clathrate’s strange metallic nature caused by electronically active cavities
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ResearchNitrogen radical chemistry sees the light
Daniele Leonori explains how his group is taking inspiration from 30-year-old chemistry to devise shorter syntheses for bioactive compounds
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ResearchNew high pressure allotrope of nitrogen solves a chemical mystery
‘Black nitrogen’ shares similarities with other elements in its group on the periodic table – answering the question of why nitrogen normally doesn’t
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ResearchChemists taken aback as dinitrogen found to speed up some reactions
Warnings that nitrogen should no longer be considered just an inert carrier gas
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ResearchLightning-inspired method makes ammonia with no catalyst
Plasma-enabled electrolysis produces the vital gas in high purity – but also consumes much more energy than current methods
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