Think about the last meal you ate. Whether it was a plate of pasta, a fresh salad, or a juicy steak, every bite relied on one essential element most people have never even heard of. Phosphorus keeps ...

Phosphates artificially added to dairy and cereal products appear to cause bigger spikes in blood phosphorus levels than naturally occurring phosphates, potentially putting harmful stress on kidneys.

When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields or muddy runoff after a heavy storm. However, a much more significant ...

Norway has spent half a century turning North Sea oil into one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, but a new discovery suggests the country’s next chapter could be written in rock rather ...

A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested. The fertilizer, struvite, offers a triple win for sustainability and crop production, as it recycles nutrients from ...

A common soil fungus may offer a sustainable solution to one of the world's largest industrial waste problems while helping recover a critical ...

As the U.S. House of Representatives elected a new speaker this week, with mild-mannered opening comments on working across the aisle, one might wonder how bipartisanship can be operationalized on ...

It is well known that phosphorus is essential to life’s existence. For this reason, there has been a continued interest in ...