Researchers in Leiden have, for the first time, observed how a specialized enzyme helps bacteria stay alive when oxygen ...

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A recent study explored one possible cause -- hyperoxia or high concentrations of oxygen given to such patients during surgery -- as opposed to doses more similar to air. The study concluded that ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Oxygen is the breath of ...

Schematic of how individual red blood cells (RBCs) carry oxygen through capillaries to oxygenate tissues. The team found that RBCs can regulate how much oxygen is released in tissues, wherein ...

Oxygen is critical to life. When levels of oxygen change, it can have immediate and lasting impacts on a person's health. Tatum Simonson, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and John B. West ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and increasingly acidic seawater. These global threats are caused by seawater ...

Researchers from the Broad Institute and Mass General Brigham have shown that a low-oxygen environment—similar to the thin air found at Mount Everest base camp—can protect the brain and restore ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is causing rivers to slowly lose oxygen, threatening fish and other lives in the waterways, a new study shows. Researchers in China used satellites and artificial ...