Ammonia sits at the heart of modern agriculture and heavy industry, but the way the world makes it today is one of the most ...

A team of researchers at Radboud University has discovered a promising new method to make ammonia—a key ingredient in ...

Nanocrystals (left) capture light (hv) and then transfer electrons (e-) to nitrogenase enzymes (upper right) to convert dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3). A sacrificial reaction (bottom right) ...

Ammonia is predicted to become the leading fuel source for the world’s giant cargo ships by 2050. Yet no vessel actually runs on the pungent, carbonless compound today. In labs and shipyards around ...

The world depends on ammonia as a fertilizer and for use in myriad other industries, but its production heavily depends on fossil fuels. Making the compound releases more than 450 million metric tons ...

The production of ammonia, a major ingredient in fertilizers, involves greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists have quantified ways to reduce carbon impacts in this process. Scientists evaluate how to ...

As wind and solar power make up an increasingly large share of energy production in the U.S., finding ways to store the intermittent energy they create is critical for when the wind isn’t blowing and ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a tributary of the Hudson River, a tugboat powered by ammonia eased away from the shipyard dock and sailed for the first time to show how the maritime industry can slash ...

An initiative that began in Africa and is taking root in Iowa is expected to bring competition to the nation's highly consolidated fertilizer industry and dramatically shrink farmers' climate impact.