More efficient use of phosphorus could see limited stocks of the important fertilizer last more than 500 years and boost global food production to feed growing populations. But these benefits will ...

Your bones support you, so you need to support them in return. But while calcium and vitamin D usually get all the credit for bone health, another essential mineral — phosphorus — tends to get left ...

Northwestern University researchers are actively overturning the conventional view of iron oxides as mere phosphorus “sinks.” A critical nutrient for life, most phosphorus in the soil is organic — ...

A vital nutrient underpinning the world’s food systems — and increasingly vital to green technologies — is the focus of a major international summit in Ghana this September, as scientists, ...

In this winding debut history, science writer Lohmann traces how phosphorus has shaped the natural world and human history. Describing the phosphorus cycle, he explains that weathering redistributes ...