So why do so many life-forms breathe oxygen? There are probably thousands of kinds of metabolisms, or chemical processes that ...

People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is ...

Many metals react with oxygen to form metal oxides. Potassium and sodium are soft metal which are easily cut exposing a shiny surface which changes to dull rapidly. The change from shiny to dull ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 61, No. 1 (2016), pp. 61-77 (17 pages) Sandy sediments are now recognized as sites of high carbon turnover enhanced by porewater flow. However, it is unclear how ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally ...

A new electrochemical device holds potential to directly split carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon and pure oxygen. The team ...

Details of the chemical reaction of oxygen with the [Fe-S] cluster reveal how this cofactor is used for oxygen sensing.

‘Namely, through the reaction of helium ions [He+] with CO2.’ In other, far less complicated terms, Tian and Hu’s study found ...