Nitrogen is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, constituting ∼78% of the atmosphere in its elemental form (diatomic gas N 2). Under cryogenic conditions it exists in the solid state as a ...

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A new kind of nitrogen is what researchers at the Carnegie Institution of Washington have created by applying immense pressure to ordinary nitrogen gas. Their findings are published in this week's ...