It's happy 350th birthday to the discovery of phosphorus, an element that is essential for life as we know it. It's time to buy a lot of candles. And if we light them with matches, ...

Phosphorus, element No. 15 on the periodic table, was first isolated by Henning Brandt in Hamburg in 1669. An alchemist unsuccessfully groping his way toward creating gold, ...

Humanity has two phosphorus crises, according to "The Devil's Element": supply may be running out, and runoff is killing lakes and ponds. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

Scientists have discovered phosphorus on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn, NASA said Wednesday. The element, which is essential to planetary habitability, had never before been detected ...

The exceedingly rare element is one of six that are absolutely essential to life. (The others are carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and sulfur, which are more plentiful than phosphorus).

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Phosphorus forms the scaffolding of DNA, cell membranes, and our skeletons; it’s a key element in tooth and bone minerals. Too little of either nutrient will limit the productivity of organisms ...

Phosphorus is one of six key elements of life as humans know it needs to exist, says Morgan Cable, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who was not involved in the study.

Scientists Find Phosphorus—a Key Element for Life—on a Saturn Moon This is the last of six essential elements for life to be detected on Enceladus, giving the strongest indication yet that its ...

Originally found in a bucket of urine by an alchemist searching for the elixir of life, the race is on to find a way to rescue Element 15 from permanent exile in our rivers and streams.