Phosphorus is essential; human beings can't live without it. Phosphorus is dangerous; it has been a key element in incendiary bombs. Thanks to heavy use of phosphorus in fertilizers, many experts ...

Phosphorus is both integral to our agricultural system, and wreaking havoc on waterways. Read Dan Egan’s new book with SciFri this April. The Devil’s Element brings together a range of topics, ...

We may be more alone in the Universe than we realize. According to Cardiff University astronomers Jane Greaves and Phil Cigan, the chemical element phosphorus is abundant on Earth, but may be very ...

Astronomers in Europe have mapped out the cosmic history of one of life’s most essential elements, phosphorus, tracing the mineral’s interstellar journey from the star-forming regions of space ...

A father shows his son the awful-smelling algae hugging the shoreline of the St. Lucie River during a summer bloom in Stuart, Florida, in 2016. The algae fouled coastal waterways, created angry ...

Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago will host environmental journalist Dan Egan in conversation about his new book all about phosphorus, a chemical element you may not think about but rules much of the world.

Scientists have detected the presence of the sixth and final essential ingredient of life in ice grains spewed into space from the ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Previous studies had spotted signs ...

Advanced technologies and methods are helping scientists take a new look at one of the Earth's most abundant elements - phosphorus - to better understand how it cycles through soil, sea and living ...

Phosphorus doesn’t grab headlines like oil or water, yet the element is essential for life. Its main commercial use is fertilizer, a product that helped the world population explode during the last 50 ...

The chemistry of the element phosphorus offers a window into the diverse field of inorganic chemistry. Fundamental investigations into some simple molecules containing phosphorus reveal much about the ...