Nitrogen is often the most limiting nutrient in growing plants. When deficient, plant yields and quality are reduced. However ...

Although each organism's DNA is unique, all DNA is composed of the same nitrogen-based molecules. So how does DNA differ from organism to organism? It is simply the order in which these smaller ...

High input prices means farmers will want to be especially judicious about the amount of nitrogen fertilizer they apply on their corn crops this spring. One way that farmers who have regularly ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

It’s a problem all earthly life forms must solve: where to get nitrogen? From plants to people, the element is a crucial building block of DNA, proteins, and other biomolecules. “Carbon, nitrogen, ...