Louisiana officials are planning to carry out its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday after a judge denied death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's eleventh-hour arguments that it violates his ...

Hoffman, the father of a son born after his imprisonment, became a Buddhist about 20 years ago, finding with it "a moral structure and practice that has guided and nurtured him, helped him to find ...

Alabama inmate David Phillip Wilson filed a lawsuit similar to Hoffman's last month claiming the state’s plan to execute him using nitrogen gas violates the Constitution’s prohibition of cruel ...

Nitrogen hypoxia has been authorized as an execution method in three states—Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi—but none have ever used the method to carry out a death sentence.

A Braarudosphaera bigelowii cell magnified 1,000-fold. Credit: Tyler Coale. Researchers have discovered a type of organelle, a fundamental cellular structure, that can turn nitrogen gas into a ...

Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the method and why its controversial.

The researchers observed the Sculptor Galaxy for over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument ...

This common pitch is compelling: Filling your car’s tires with nitrogen will reduce air loss, boost fuel economy, reduce rolling resistance, and improve safety. Some cars are even sold with the ...

Alabama carried out the second-ever nitrogen gas execution in the United States on Thursday.. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was sentenced to death for the 1999 murders of his then-coworkers Lee ...

The gas, which contains 15-18% nitrogen at the wellhead, is reduced to 3-5% nitrogen in order to meet local pipeline specifications. The product purity can be set by the operator. After upgrading ...

Louisiana officials are planning to carry out its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday after a judge denied death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's eleventh-hour arguments that it violates his ...