An energy-efficiency lead for nitrogen fertilizer production

Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers are essential in modern agriculture and crucial to meeting the ever-growing global food demand. Nitrogen fertilizer, in the form of ammonia, is produced now in the same way that it has ...

A prion-related protein senses warmer temperature in plants

Many plants and trees flower in the spring when it gets warmer. How plants sense Scientists from the UK, France, Korea and Germany focused on a protein called EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3). ELF3 is a key part of the circadian clock ...

Too warm in Canada: world's largest ice rink may not open

The Canadian capital's iconic Rideau Canal Skateway—the largest outdoor rink in the world and a UNESCO heritage site—may not open this winter for the first time in five decades, due to a lack of ice.

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