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Nitrogen is the chemical element of atomic number 7. It is colorless, tasteless, and odorless, and as a diatomic gas is relatively inert. It also makes up 78% of the atmosphere and is a constituent of organic compounds found in all living tissues.
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AUG 17, 2015
Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina states that blooms of toxic
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 09, 2015
Earth & The Environment
For most farms, manure and urine from their animals is a big problem. But the farmers at Homestead Dairy in Plymouth, In
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 04, 2015
Technology
Lexus, a subsidiary of Toyota, has worked hard on achieving the impossible; a real-life hover board that takes no electr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2015
Videos
It was just last month that Lexus revealed its new hoverboard, which was powered by magnets. The company had been workin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
After a hair raising anomaly on July 4th that temporarily suspended all scientific instruments on board, NASA's New Hori
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 24, 2015
Technology
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Global warming is a big thing. The world is getting warmer; it's affecting the polar ice caps, it's increasing the sea l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Researchers are looking to apply hibernation-like techniques already used in medicine for space travel. Trials to test i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
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Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 07, 2015
Earth & The Environment
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...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Maybe they should have focused on baser material.
As ...
As ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a world first, chemical engineers have taken a different look at a question astronomers and biologists have been pond
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 27, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of York, UK, are part of a team of scientists that has discovered how bacteria can restart
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 19, 2015
Technology
It began with the Apollo 11 Lunar module, signaling the historic first manned landing on the moon. In subsequent Apollo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 26, 2014
Space & Astronomy
In order to understand the star that produced a supernova that was discovered last year, researchers at the Weizmann Ins
...
MAY 08, 2014
Videos
The study of microorganisms began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope o
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 19, 2014
Earth & The Environment
It's been estimated that somewhere between 20-40% of the Earth's land area is grassland, and 10% of the human population
...
JAN 27, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Biofuels offer a reasonable alternative to conventional fuels, and there are many research paths vying for a process tha
...