The UK defense ministry said Russia's previous use of phosphorus munitions in the Donetsk oblast means they could soon be used in Mariupol.

Morocco alone sits on a staggering treasure - around 70 percent of the world's known phosphate rock reserves, totaling over ...

Growth potential: there’s a reason that phosphorus is included in fertilizers. What were the critical steps toward the first appearance of life on Earth? In a new paper published in Nature Chemistry, ...

In the fall of 1802, the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt arrived in Callao, Peru’s major port, just west of Lima. Humboldt had timed his visit to coincide with a transit of Mercury, which he ...

Even minor amounts of human activity can increase nutrient concentrations in fresh waters that can damage the environment, according to a new study. These findings suggest most U.S. streams and rivers ...

The best way to minimize fertilizer expenditure and maximize efficiency is one you’ve probably heard of before. The 4Rs — right product, right rate, right time and right placement — tell you exactly ...

Phosphorus plays a central role for life on Earth. It is an intimate part of life’s architecture, contained in the salts that stiffen vertebrate bones and in phospholipids that form the walls of all ...

Chemical and heat treatment of sewage sludge can recover phosphorus in a process that could help address the problem of diminishing supplies of phosphorus ores. Chemical and heat treatment of sewage ...

What Are the Properties of Black Phosphorus? BP is a conductive material with properties that make it suitable for electronic applications. Its energy barrier, which ranges from 0.3 to 2 eV depending ...

For the first time, phosphorus, a key ingredient of life, has been pinpointed in a cloud of gas and dust surrounding a newborn star. Astronomers spotted a bright infant star shooting powerful jets of ...