"If we retain more of that nitrogen in the soil, it could have big, positive agricultural implications." Nitrogen is ...

A new $1.9 million project aims to reduce nitrate runoff into Beaver Creek, a stream that flows directly into Central Iowa’s ...

Nitric oxide is a vital molecule produced in your body that impacts many aspects of health. Learn why nitrates may be good for you and which foods to avoid.

As near-record nitrate levels strain water supply, Central Iowa Water Works asks residents to slash watering, and contemplates a first-ever ban ...

More information: Krystina Hird et al, From genes to function: regulation, maturation, and evolution of cytochrome c nitrite reductase in nitrate reduction to ammonium, Applied and Environmental ...

Estuarine sediments are critical for the remediation of large amounts of anthropogenic nitrogen (N) loading via production of N₂ from nitrate by denitrification. However, nitrate is also recycled ...

The French government has asked ham and deli meat producers to reduce their use of nitrites, without imposing an outright ban called for by anti-cancer advocates.

Smith Packing, LLC—based in Utica, New York—issued a recall due to "sodium nitrite levels that exceed the regulatory limit," according to a April 29 press release.

For decades, waste carrying nitrates from large livestock farms, food processing facilities and irrigated farms has seeped through the Lower Umatilla Basin’s soil and into the groundwater below.

Iowa’s rivers and streams continue to be plagued by nitrates, and the problem is not getting better after years of legislative efforts that tip-toe around the problem. In central Iowa, drinking water ...

His work focuses on cytochrome c nitrite reductase —an essential enzyme in the biological nitrogen cycle that facilitates the conversion of nitrite to ammonium.