Ammonia is a chemical essential to many agricultural and industrial processes, but it's mode of production comes with an incredibly high energy cost. Various attempts have, and are, being made to ...

Water-soluble nitrite (NO 2 ⁻) pollution from agricultural runoff and industrial discharge poses serious risks to ecosystems and human health. Excessive nitrite in drinking water can cause severe ...

Ammonia, used in fertilizer, is essential to our lives. Addis Energy is trying to make the chemical underground. Forget massive steel tanks—some scientists want to make chemicals with the help of ...

Australian scientists have discovered a method to produce ammonia—an essential component in fertilizers—using only air and electricity. By mimicking lightning and channeling that energy through a ...

In Japan, Mitsui Chemicals and three other firms are about to demonstrate the feasibility of switching from methane to ammonia as the main fuel for cracking naphtha into petrochemicals. They are not ...