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Oxygen
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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APR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 15, 2015Plants & Animals
For some people, the price of a pet's health is never too high: A team of veterinarians in Scotland performed a set of o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
In a world first, chemical engineers have taken a different look at a question astronomers and biologists have been pond ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 12, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
One of the key areas in all of biology is the evolution of photosynthesis. Some species of single celled cyanobacteria, ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Earth & The Environment
A recent article on the dailymail.com website reported on a discovery made in Heslington, York. In 2009 a human skull wa ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Earth & The Environment
Because of its direct connection to solar energy, harnessing the power and beauty of photosynthesis has captivated ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
According to new research published last week, Mars once contained an ocean larger than our own Arctic Ocean and coverin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 07, 2015Space & Astronomy
"For the first time in human history," said Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, in a talk she gave re ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 06, 2015Cancer
A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Cardiology
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key piece in the complex mol ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 17, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 17, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 15, 2015
Plants & Animals
For some people, the price of a pet's health is never too high: A team of veterinarians in Scotland performed a set of o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a world first, chemical engineers have taken a different look at a question astronomers and biologists have been pond
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 12, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
One of the key areas in all of biology is the evolution of photosynthesis. Some species of single celled cyanobacteria,
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 11, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A recent article on the dailymail.com website reported on a discovery made in Heslington, York. In 2009 a human skull wa
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Because of its direct connection to solar energy, harnessing the power and beauty of photosynthesis has captivated ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
According to new research published last week, Mars once contained an ocean larger than our own Arctic Ocean and coverin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
"For the first time in human history," said Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, in a talk she gave re
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 06, 2015
Cancer
A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key piece in the complex mol
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke