Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient required for all life. However, it is only found in limited quantities in nature. In a new ...

A Chinese-foreign research team has discovered that soil invertebrates — such as termites, ants, and earthworms — play a ...

Phosphorus, the vastly underappreciated 15 th element on the periodic table, is essential to all life as we know it. Phosphorus is the structural backbone of the phosphate nucleotides in DNA and ...

In a sea teeming with some of the largest creatures on the planet, a University of Miami scientist is studying how big of an ...

Researchers on coastal ecology have studied for decades the conditions that can lead to plummeting oxygen levels in sensitive ...

Researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in China have recently revealed the vital role soil invertebrates play in enhancing ...

Polluted storm-water is an issue for cities, and it's often the end point for valuable minerals like phosphates. A new sponge can recover those minerals, say scientists ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Michael Mosley tries out a bizarre experiment using human urine, first performed by an alchemist called Hennig Brand. Michael repeats Brand’s attempt to find the ‘philosopher’s stone’ by boiling down ...

Grains are a staple in the kitchen, bringing flavor and nutrients, but which are the best grains to eat? We asked nutrition ...