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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by justinator on Thursday August 04, 2022 @05:40PM (#32348635)
That would be... Nobel Prize worthy at scale.
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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by nixonpjoshua1 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @06:16PM (#32349020)
it was in 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process
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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by Karupan on Thursday August 04, 2022 @06:52PM (#32349330)
Veritasium's recent video [0] on Haber is worth a watch in this context

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvknN89JoWo

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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by nvahalik on Thursday August 04, 2022 @08:24PM (#32350051)
The book “The Alchemy of Air” is a fascinating read.
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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by k__ on Thursday August 04, 2022 @06:26PM (#32349105)
"received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process,"

So, all good in HN land.

Made my day, thanks.

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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by justinator on Friday August 05, 2022 @12:14PM (#32358195)
He also invented Zyklon B.
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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by conradev on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:29PM (#32350829)
nowadays there is a lot of interest[1] in the older and less-efficient Birkeland–Eyde process because you can scale it to the size of a trailer and deploy it on-site to farms: https://www.nitricity.co/

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8133363/

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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by nanomonkey on Thursday August 04, 2022 @07:17PM (#32349511)
Blue green algae (cyanobacteria) can fix nitrogen from the air. There are other symbiotic bacteria that do the same in nodules inside of plant's roots (like legumes).

Not sure how this is Nobel Prize worthy. I've grown blue green algae and legumes at home.

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