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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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Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
After an official delivery from a recent SpaceX mission, NASA’s plans to attach an inflatable module to the Intern
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a stick-on tattoo of the future, and this laminated version can turn your body into a walking electronic d
...
APR 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
After completing intense exercise, over three thousand human genes are expressed to help the body recuperate. However, d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 12, 2016
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells secrete a molecule that kills some bacteria but signals the survivors to form a biofilm. P.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 02, 2016
Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off,
...
MAR 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
After years of shrinking forests in China, such as logging and industrialization efforts, necessity of natural resources
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2016
Videos
It's an unpleasant sensation: you bend down to tie your shoe laces or pick up some dropped coins only to stand up to fee
...
MAR 21, 2016
Neuroscience
The most common kind of stroke, an ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot which blocks the flow of oxygenated blood
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the quest to understand more about aging and how to slow down this process, scientists from Concordia University in Q
...
MAR 18, 2016
Immunology
How are macrophage immune cells activated during an inflammatory response when pathogens invade? Scientists thought they
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2016
Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
For healthy adults and older children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is not a serious issue, but the infection can b
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Videos
Nature is full of inspiration for scientists and engineers. Discovered by Richard P. Blakemore in 1975, magnetotactic ba
...
MAR 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
About 12 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea (NIH). Yet, 85 percent of obstructive sleep apnea cases go undia
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 06, 2016
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Videos
Humans have a unique fascination with Mars. We've conceived of alien Martians and even thought of being our own human Ma
...
FEB 17, 2016
Cardiology
Sildenafil is a drug infamous for treating erectile dysfunction, but a new study shows that the same blood vessel dilati
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 17, 2016
Neuroscience
Does size matter? In many things it does. As far as brain size though, there is some debate about that. First you have t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 16, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiogenic shock, however rare, can occur after a heart attack, exacerbating the effect of inadequate circulation on ti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 12, 2016
Cardiology
For diabetics, the threat of a heart attack is much more ominous than non-diabetics, because their prognosis is much wor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker