Monopotassium phosphite is a chemical compound with the molecular formula KH 2 PO 3. It is a salt of phosphorous acid and is commonly used as a fertilizer in agriculture. Monopotassium phosphite ...

Biologists have discovered a phosphorus-based bacterial metabolism that is both new and ancient. In a special role: a calculation from the 1980s, a sewage plant, a new bacterial organism, and a ...

Ten years ago. lightning struck a tree in New Port Richey, sending electricity into the soil around it. This event led to the never-before-seen creation of a mineral in the surrounding rocks. Mathew ...

Phosphate (Pi) and its analog phosphite (Phi) are acquired by plants via Pi transporters. Although the uptake and mobility of Phi and Pi are similar, there is no evidence suggesting that plants can ...

A study finds that transgenic cotton plants expressing the bacterial gene ptxD can convert phosphite, a nonmetabolizable form of phosphorus, into phosphate, the nutrient form of phosphorus; when ...

Dover Chemical Corp. reports its high molecular weight phosphite antioxidant has received food contact clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Doverphos LGP-11 is free of alkylphenols ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—SI Group Inc.'s Weston 705 and 705T liquid phosphite antioxidants have been granted an extension of existing approvals by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The approvals cover use ...

Our story begins at the end of the 1980s, with a sheet of paper. On this sheet, a scientist calculated that the conversion of the chemical compound phosphite to phosphate would release enough energy ...