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With Mars Methane Mystery Unsolved, Curiosity Serves Scientists a New One: Oxygen

November 14, 2019

On Mars, oxygen behaves in a way that so far scientists cannot explain through any known chemical processes

Arsenic-Breathing Life Discovered in the Tropical Pacific Ocean

May 2, 2019

Researchers analyzed seawater samples from a region below the surface where oxygen is almost absent, forcing life to seek oth...

Moving Artificial Leaves out of the Lab and into the Air

February 13, 2019

The artificial leaf would be at least 10 times more efficient than natural leaves at converting carbon dioxide to fuel

Rust Never Sleeps

February 5, 2019

PNNL research using atom probe tomography reveals chinks in iron crystals that can 'heal'

Promising New Type of Polymers Developed

January 14, 2019

S-PPV polymers are suitable for use in a wide range of applications, from solar cells to medicine

Oxygen Could Have Been Available to Life as Early as 3.5 Billion Years Ago

November 28, 2018

The finding could change ideas of how and when complex life evolved on Earth

Skin-Like Sensor Maps Blood Oxygen Levels Anywhere in the Body

November 8, 2018

New device could track oxygenation of healing wounds in real time

Lake Bed Reveals Details about Ancient Earth

July 19, 2018

Rice University researcher helped find oxygen evidence of atmospheric production

Researchers Produce a New Design for a Battery Cell That Runs on Air

March 23, 2018

Scientists have produced a new design for a beyond-lithium-ion battery cell that operates by running on air (hence, ref...

Bubbles of Life from the Past

March 5, 2018

Tiny bubbles of oxygen got trapped 1.6 billion years ago

Discovery Shows Wine Grapes Gasping for Breath

March 2, 2018

Researchers have identified that during ripening, grapes suffer internal oxygen shortage

Which Came First: Complex Life or High Atmospheric Oxygen?

January 5, 2018

Deep ocean basalts record 3.5-billion-year history of oceanic and atmospheric oxygen levels

Warmer Waters from Climate Change Will Leave Fish Shrinking, Gasping for Air

August 22, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia provides a deeper explanation of why fish are expected to de...

Scientists Reveal How Goldfish Make Alcohol to Survive without Oxygen

August 14, 2017

Goldfish and their wild relatives, crucian carp, can survive for days, even months, in oxygen-free water at the bottom of ice...

Naked Mole-Rats Turn into Plants When Oxygen Is Low

April 24, 2017

In humans, laboratory mice, and all other known mammals, when brain cells are starved of oxygen they run out of energy and be...

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