Yale University scientists may have cracked a part of the chemical code for one of the most basic, yet mysterious, processes in the natural world — nature’s ability to transform nitrogen from the air ...

Such nitrogen fixation, as it is known, is a fundamental limit on plant growth and an essential nutrient for all life. Yet, this critically important cycle remains poorly understood.

Nitrogen gas is converted to ammonia fertilizer by a chemical process that involves high temperature and high pressure. Nature does the same thing at ambient temperature and pressure. The process ...

These enzymes, found in various microorganisms, can carry out nitrogen fixation, i.e., the conversion of nitrogen gas (N 2) to ammonia (NH 3), which is a more biologically useful form for plants.

APART from the various physico-chemical methods used in industry for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, it is well known that quite a number of micro-organisms1 are able to fix under mild ...