Northwestern University researchers are actively overturning the conventional view of iron oxides as mere phosphorus "sinks." ...

For the first time, scientists have observed a phosphorus-containing lipid molecule that assembles by itself to form cubes. Research carried out at facilities including DESY has shown that the ...

Scientists have found a way to safely store notoriously dangerous white phosphorus on the atomic scale: in a cage made of atoms that can only be unlocked by a specific molecule, according to a study ...

Modified (metal oxide) biochar is widely used for the remediation of degraded soils, but there has been limited research work on its effect on phosphorus (P) fractionation and biochemical properties ...

To study these elusive phosphorus compounds, scientists often turn to experiments that simulate space-like conditions. One powerful method uses something called matrix isolation. Published in the ...

Phosphorus can degrade water quality through triggering algal blooms. The algal blooms suck oxygen out of the water, killing fish, plants and other organisms. “Simply put, we want to know where the ...

This diagonal relationship between phosphorus and carbon has set that expectation that the diphosphorus molecule should mimic the attributes of the hydrocarbon acetylene (C 2 H 2).

Phosphorus, an element that's key in forming DNA and fueling life on Earth, may have first arrived on the planet via comets from newborn stars. Since the element is extremely rare in the universe ...

Phosphorus: You Can’t Have Life Without It, ... Previously, there was no other molecule known to trigger all these key processes under environmental conditions thought to exist on early Earth.