Recent studies show that nitrate and nitrite are physiologically recycled in blood and tissue to form NO and other bioactive nitrogen oxides. Thus, they should be viewed as storage pools for NO-like ...

A newly developed catalyst that transforms nitrate-polluted water into ammonia has potential to be utilized in fertilizer ...

When 200 natural accessions of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana grown in a nitrate-enriched medium were compared, one ...

Nitrate has many physiological functions: (1) brain: preventing stroke and Alzheimer’s disease; (2) cardiovascular: lowering blood pressure, alleviating ischemia-reperfusion injury, preventing ...

Ammonia (NH3) is essential for fertilizers and emerging carbon-free energy technologies, yet its conventional production via the Haber-Bosch process is energy-intensive and CO2-emitting. Researchers ...

LEVELS HAVE GOTTEN THIS HIGH. SO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NITRATES, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS A NITRATE? NEW AT FOUR. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO WATCH THOSE ...

Nitrate in groundwater and drinking water, which primarily comes from fertilisers used in the agricultural production, has not only been subject to decades of environmental awareness -- it has also ...

Exposure to a common agricultural contaminant in drinking water, even in small doses, may be linked to increased risks of preterm birth, a new study has found. The pollutant, called nitrate, is also ...

Leaders at Cedar Falls Utilities are responding to recent concerns from community members about the quality of the city's ...

The huge explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital on Tuesday is thought to have been caused by ammonium nitrate. The chemical is often used as fertilizer — and in explosives. Lebanese Prime Minister ...

Nitrate levels in the metro's drinking water sources are nearing last summer’s highs, which led to a first-ever lawn‑watering ban.