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 ...

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, 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Plants need phosphorus, an essential nutrient, to grow. This nutrient is present in fertilizers and applied to crops to increase their yields. One downside of too much phosphorus in this agricultural ...

These include phosphorus oxide nitrides, which consist of phosphorus, nitrogen and oxygen and do not occur in nature.

Phosphorus: You Can’t Have Life Without It, at Least on Earth When searching for “carbon-based” life, we need to pay attention to other elements too.

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).