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Nitrogen
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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APR 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun – The Distant Planet. This bright blue orb hanging out near the edge of th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In 2015, scientists were puzzled when the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft discovered abundant molecular o
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 15, 2022
Microbiology
Climate change is occurring all around us, and research has linked an increasing number of extreme weather events with e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers made a breakthrough in the creation of diamond nanothreads. Led by Samuel Dunning and Timothy Strobel, resea
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
FEB 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic fly-by of the dwarf-planet Pluto on July 14, 2015, but even after s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 24, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study of the impact of nitrogen supply on cannabinoids and terpenoid levels identified the optimal level
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 22, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Currently, there are upwards of 1.5 million COVID-19 tests administered daily worldwide, so the need for fast, accurate,
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 21, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
When air pollution levels soar, so do calls to emergency hotlines specifically for heart attacks, says a Ger
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 18, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study published in Nature Climate Change, a team of researchers have discovered that the social cost associa
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
NOV 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
River ecosystems receive many inputs from human activities upstream. Rivers bring these inputs out to the ocean, where t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 12, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
With 3 million people from the U.S. reporting clinical cases in 2015 – accompanied by an increased projected incid
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
OCT 13, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
It's Nobel Prize season, and the third to be awarded was in the field of Chemistry. The winners were two men working on
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 29, 2021
Cardiology
Human activities such as burning fossil fuels have been the primary driver of climate change over the past two centuries
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
SEP 10, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Wildfires are becoming a common occurrence in the Western US, and wildfires are expected to increase in severity and num
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
AUG 27, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An image of Saturn's moon Titan on November 11, 1980 during Voyager 1's flyby. Courtesy NASA/JPL-CalTech/Kevin M. Gill
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes live everywhere, even in the open ocean. They have to compete for survival just like other organisms but even t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
High mountain glaciers that are melting in the Tibetan plateau in Asia contain greenhouse gases and should be counted in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 23, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment demonstrates the potential of willow tree roots to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long been trying to account for deep seafloor methane emissions – why is it that the gas leaking f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The auroras that are the northern lights have captured the imagination of people for thousands of years. While theories
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 07, 2021
Health & Medicine
A Taiwanese study looked at the incidence of breast cancer in areas of Taiwan with varying levels of air pollutants. Air
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 17, 2021
Microbiology
The circadian rhythm is the body's clock, and it influences physiology at the cellular level; it can help animals, inclu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The genetic instructions that biological organisms use to generate their structures & maintain life are contained in a m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch