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Oxygen: is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as well as with other compounds.
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OCT 31, 2017
Microbiology
Campylobacter causes an estimated 1.3 million illnesses each year in the United States. The bacteria are curved or s-sha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 31, 2017
Immunology
People with type 2 diabetes are particularly prone to ulcers on the bottom of the foot, which can increase the risk of d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The Halloween is not the same without horror blockbusters. If there is one consistent theme throughout all horror films,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 26, 2017
Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2017
Immunology
T cells and B cells, two immune system cell types you want on the prowl during an infection, need a molecular push to le
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
It might be news to you that environmental disturbances and climate patterns like as El Niño can be influential e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 19, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
If there are only two things to be said about proton therapy, the first is that it is superior in treatment quality for
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 17, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Following a heart attack, cells of the heart muscle tissue are in danger of damage and death, because the tissue is left
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 17, 2017
Videos
When a stroke occurs, the brain can be severely damaged. There are two kinds of strokes, an ischemic stroke where a bloo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 08, 2017
Videos
In 2014, a woman in Taiwan lost her eyesight completely due to a parasitic infection caused by leaving in her contacts f
...
OCT 03, 2017
Cardiology
We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and scientists involved in a new study would
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of the usual hour-long wait for routine lab results, a new blood test could allow doctors to diagnose a heart at
...
SEP 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigators have been working to learn more about a totally new class of chemicals that are released in response to in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
With every new medical technology, doctors are getting better at saving more patients’ lives. Medical advancements
...
SEP 26, 2017
Videos
The stories of exploding cell phone batteries have been in the news for about the last year. The problem is not limited
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 24, 2017
Videos
There are many theories about how the dinosaurs died out, but one of the best-accepted ones of all is how a massive aste
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2017
Neuroscience
That mid-afternoon slump that seems so familiar isn't really about having too much food at lunch, or not having enou
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 20, 2017
Microbiology
Humans carry millions of microorganisms around everywhere they go. Now scientists have suggested that we monitor those m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2017
Cardiology
A congenital heart defect that used to be a death sentence is now treatable thanks to an approach based on “Fontan
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2017
Cardiology
The effects of preeclampsia appear to have an impact only during pregnancy and childbirth, but the condition actually af
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2017
Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 08, 2017
Health & Medicine
More than half of all heart attack patients die within five years of the event. This is a frightening statistic, but Uni
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 08, 2017
Videos
There are hundreds of different forms of cancer, but one that most people do not hear much about is polycythemia vera, c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2017
Cardiology
A lot of things go wrong during sepsis, but one of the worst is heart complications. In the past researchers determined
...
Written By:
Kara Marker