In an effort to improve on the way both nature and industry run chemical reactions, researchers have developed a technique that uses light to spur a bacterial enzyme to convert dinitrogen (N 2) into ...
Dinitrogen tends to be a loner. Extreme conditions, such as intense radiation in the ionosphere, are needed to coerce two or more N 2 molecules to form chains. Various pharmaceuticals and explosives ...
Dinitrogen activation and cluster chemistry represent a compelling intersection of fundamental and applied research, exploring the transformation of the exceptionally stable nitrogen molecule (N₂) ...
Chemists have determined the structure of the complex that forms when N2 binds to an iron-sulfur cluster, offering clues as to how microbes use nitrogenase enzymes to convert atmospheric dinitrogen ...
Molecular structures used in drugs can be made directly from nitrogen in the air, eliminating the need to make ammonia first Figure 1: This simplified chemical structure shows how dinitrogen (two blue ...
The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
Molecular nitrogen (dinitrogen, N=N) makes up about 78 percent of the atmosphere. It is the most unreactive diatomic species known. Interestingly, however, nitrogen is required for all life; it is ...
Figure 1: Titanium polyhydride (center) directly converts dinitrogen and a simple alkene (left) into an alkyl amine (right). © Takanori Shima (unpublished) Takanori ...
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