Can a common ingredient in laundry detergent help advance diabetes research?
Two oxygen-producing compounds - including one that boosts performance in some laundry detergents - might one day play a key role in helping scientists successfully build a bioartificial pancreas in...
View ArticleA popular tool to trace Earth's oxygen history can give false positives
For researchers pursuing the primordial history of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, a new study might sour some "Eureka!" moments. A contemporary tool used to trace oxygen by examining ancient rock strata...
View ArticleRise in oxygen levels links to ancient explosion of life, researchers find
Oxygen has provided a breath of fresh air to the study of the Earth's evolution some 400-plus million years ago.
View ArticleAre our lakes on the brink of suffocation?
In order to gain insight into how lakes breathe, EPFL scientists have studied oxygen depletion in the depths of Lake Geneva – the first time such research has been carried out. By collecting key data,...
View ArticleWhich came first: Complex life or high atmospheric oxygen?
We and all other animals wouldn't be here today if our planet didn't have a lot of oxygen in its atmosphere and oceans. But how crucial were high oxygen levels to the transition from simple,...
View ArticleAlpine air at work? Delhi eyes novel ways to battle smog
Political apathy over the poisonous smog choking India's capital has led many like businessman Kamal Meattle to take matters into their own hands, with an office building he says pumps air as fresh as...
View ArticleCancer tumours could help unravel the mystery of the Cambrian explosion
Could tumours help us explain the explosion of life of Earth? Scientists have typically explained the period of history when large animal species became much more diverse very quickly as the result of...
View ArticlePrimordial oceans had oxygen 250 million years before the atmosphere
Research by a University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) graduate student Mojtaba Fakhraee and Associate Professor Sergei Katsev has pushed a major milestone in the evolution of the Earth's environment back...
View ArticleWhat your face says about your heartbeat
Researchers at Utah State University don't need an Apple Watch or stethoscope to measure your heartbeat. They only need a video camera.
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