Farmers from Iowa to India depend on fossil fuel-based fertilizers. Much of their supply is stuck in the Persian Gulf.

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Blue light, a sheet of filter paper, and a stubborn class of industrial chemicals do not sound like much of a match. Yet that ...

Allaying fear of possibility of disruptions in fertilisers supplies due to the West Asia conflict, the government on Friday stated that the country’s inventory of soil nutrients remain robust and will ...

Crystalline polymers assembled inside tumor cell lysosomes rupture membranes, release iron, and trigger immune-activating ...

A chemical buffer is a solution that can resist changes in pH when small amounts of acid or base are added. Generally, biological compounds with ionizable groups with a pKa around 8 exhibit buffering ...

This study provides fundamental insights into eukaryotic phosphate homeostasis by demonstrating how yeast vacuoles dynamically regulate cytosolic phosphate levels. The conclusions are convincing, ...

Ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) is a common method for oligonucleotide purification (1, 2). Separation by IEC often uses strong–anion-exchange (AEX) resins at moderate to strongly basic pH values. A ...