It's that time of year when things start greening up more, and it seems to brighten up by the day. I was home Monday as it was storming outside, and I thought, "Man, that's the first time I've seen ...

The salad on your plate may owe its existence to a thunderstorm. Many people are wary of lightning as a natural phenomenon. A hiker might worry about dark clouds on a day trip or a child might be ...

Weather Did you know lightning can make the grass greener? Lightning can act as a fertilizer via the process of nitrogen fixation.

FARGO — One of the most noticeable changes in spring is the greening of lawns. When the snow melts in spring, it does not immediately turn green and start growing until the soil warms enough, around ...

Nitrogen is vital for all known life. Yet most nitrogen on Earth is in the atmosphere as di-nitrogen gas, which many organisms can’t use. Fortunately, there are microbes that can tap into this ...

There’s a good chance you owe your existence to the Haber-Bosch process. This industrial chemical reaction between hydrogen and nitrogen produces ammonia, the key ingredient to synthetic fertilizers ...