Deep Sea Yields Record-breaking Bug
December 15, 2006 @ 08:53 AM (EST)
Source: Nature.com
A heat-busting bug has been found that can create usable nitrogen at the extreme temperature of 92 A‚A°C - breaking the old record by 28 A‚A°C.
The finding is more than a gee-whiz record breaker: it may also help to settle a long-running debate about how the ability to extract nitrogen from the air or seawater...
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