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Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous oxide is a colorless and odorless substance that's also known as "laughing gas". At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a powerful oxidizer similar to molecular oxygen.
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On August 4, a megascale explosion almost leveled half of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. At the center of the negl ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Last Tuesday, twin explosions ruptured the sky of Beirut, the Lebanese capital city. The second blast's shockwave wa ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
It might cause us to laugh, but this news isn’t funny: nitrous oxide emissions are on the rise. As a potent greenh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
Nitrous oxide (N2O), perhaps better known as laughing gas, is a dangerous greenhouse gas with nearly three hundred times ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2019Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2018Microbiology
A varsity of creative strategies have been proposed as solutions to climate change, from practical to outlandish.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2018Earth & The Environment
Lay off the stormwater ponds - they’re doing more good than you know! A new study published in the journal Ec ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 16, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Although energy and industry sectors are often to blame for producing excessive greenhouse gas, agriculture, on th ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
A report released Monday by the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has not so good news for the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 28, 2017Videos
If you've ever had some procedure done at the doctor's office (major or minor) you've probably been exposed to anesthesi ...APR 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Marine biologists James Hollibaugh and Sylvia Schaefer from the University of Georgia have determined a correlation betw ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 11, 2017Videos
Most people have heard of nitroglycerin, either as a heart medication or an explosive. It's mind boggling that one compo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 24, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What can volcanism on the early Earth teach us about the formation of life on our planet? This is what a recent study pu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have been working to analyze all of the various factors that contribute to climate change, and microbes are o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature Climate Change, a team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences examined
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 31, 2022
Cardiology
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) impacts roughly 35,000 people in the United States. CF results in a mutated form of the cystic fibr
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
OCT 20, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Workers in cannabis production facilities face health hazards. Here's what they are.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
JUN 22, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Introducing a little extra copper to wetlands might drastically reduce greenhouse gas emitted from microbes. A study fro
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
FEB 16, 2022
Plants & Animals
The impact of pollution on air quality is well known and understood. Polluted air can lead to a number of health problem
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 18, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study published in Nature Climate Change, a team of researchers have discovered that the social cost associa
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 10, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Wildfires are becoming a common occurrence in the Western US, and wildfires are expected to increase in severity and num
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JUL 23, 2021
Earth & The Environment
For many years scientists have been investigating the role of clouds in global warming. Using satellite measurements to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers led by the University of Chicago Medicine and Washington University have found that low doses of laughing ga
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 25, 2021
Immunology
Nitric oxide, a molecule produced by the immune system, can negatively impact antibiotics’ effectiveness, says a s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
On August 4, a megascale explosion almost leveled half of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. At the center of the negl
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Last Tuesday, twin explosions ruptured the sky of Beirut, the Lebanese capital city. The second blast's shockwave wa
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It might cause us to laugh, but this news isn’t funny: nitrous oxide emissions are on the rise. As a potent greenh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Nitrous oxide (N2O), perhaps better known as laughing gas, is a dangerous greenhouse gas with nearly three hundred times
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2019
Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2018
Microbiology
A varsity of creative strategies have been proposed as solutions to climate change, from practical to outlandish.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Lay off the stormwater ponds - they’re doing more good than you know! A new study published in the journal Ec
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 16, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Although energy and industry sectors are often to blame for producing excessive greenhouse gas, agriculture, on th
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A report released Monday by the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has not so good news for the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 28, 2017
Videos
If you've ever had some procedure done at the doctor's office (major or minor) you've probably been exposed to anesthesi
...
APR 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Marine biologists James Hollibaugh and Sylvia Schaefer from the University of Georgia have determined a correlation betw
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 11, 2017
Videos
Most people have heard of nitroglycerin, either as a heart medication or an explosive. It's mind boggling that one compo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim