Israel used white phosphorous munitions in an attack in southern Lebanon in October, according to reports from The Washington Post — the munitions were supplied by the U.S. What is white phosphorous ...

Fertilizers typically contain phosphorous, as it's essential to growing plants. Unfortunately, though, it can become "locked" in the soil, and thus not available to crops. That said, it turns out that ...

Phosphorous was selected by Mother Nature to be the element responsible for holding together all genetic material. As its phosphate form, it is the basis for life. But a small modification of ...

The Israeli military has repeatedly used white phosphorous in Lebanon in recent months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday, adding to concerns of war crimes by the Israeli military in the region ...

Nestled within 100 square miles in Southern Indiana, Crane Army Ammunition Activity supports the hi-tech mission of destroying obsolete munitions for the Department of Defense. For more than two ...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019), the reboot of the classic first-person shooter series due out later this year from Activision’s Infinity Ward, is bringing back killstreaks. The rewards have been ...

The Observer has published what it regards as the top 20 questions in Science. Number one on the list is the question “what is the universe made of?” Specifically, it refers to the 95 percent of the ...

With the potential to transform electric vehicles, renewable energy, and a whole host of other industries, squeezing more power out of lithium-ion batteries is big business for researchers and ...

Linda Wertheimer talks to USDA expert Steve Davis about fertilizer runoff in Lake Erie. Excess phosphorous fed the algae bloom that resulted in a tap water ban over the weekend in Toledo, Ohio. The ...

Yet N isn’t our only fertilizer problem. To grow robustly, plants need sufficient access to three key macronutrients: N,P, and K, or nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. In non-industrial and organic ...

Virtually all light-emitting diodes used today require phosphors based on so-called rare-earth elements, which are expensive and challenging to obtain. In a collaborative research project between ...

Since the city of Salem complied with all requirements of a consent decree agreement with the state of Ohio over a phosphorous discharge issue that dated back to 2002, the consent order is now ...