May
24
A team at Texas A&M University consisting of Dr. Abdoulaye Djire, assistant professor, and graduate student Denis Johnson, has furthered a method to produce ammonia through electrochemical processes. The research aims to replace the Haber-Bosch thermochemical process with an electrochemical process that is more sustainable and safer for the environment. Ammonia is commonly used in […]
Apr
26
Light Energy Used to Produce Nitrogen Fertilizer
April 26, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Utah State University researchers have announced a light-driven process that uses photochemical energy to replace adenosine triphosphate to convert dinitrogen, the form of nitrogen found in the air, to ammonia fertilizer. All living things require nitrogen for survival, but the world depends on only two known processes to break nitrogen’s ultra-strong bonds to allow conversion […]
Feb
11
Nitrogen Fertilizer Making Catalyst Powered by Sunlight
February 11, 2015 | 1 Comment
Northwestern University scientists are the first to develop a catalyst that can perform a remarkable feat found only in nature: take nitrogen from the air and turn it into ammonia under natural conditions. (Ammonia is the critical component in fertilizer.) If fully realized the process might displace more than 1 percent of world energy use. […]
Oct
2
On the Path to Plants Making Their Own Fertilizer
October 2, 2013 | 2 Comments
A discovery by a team of University of Missouri (MU) researchers could be the first steps toward helping crops use less nitrogen fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer costs U.S. farmers approximately $8 billion each year, and some of the unused or excess fertilizer can find its way into rivers and streams, damaging the delicate water systems. Getting […]
Jul
29
Heralding the End of Nitrogen Fertilizer
July 29, 2013 | 4 Comments
Professor Edward Cocking, Director of The University of Nottingham’s Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation, has developed a unique method of putting nitrogen-fixing bacteria into the cells of plant roots. The sensational breakthrough came when he found a specific strain of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in sugar cane that he discovered could intracellularly colonize all major crop plants. […]
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