Most living things, including humans, rely on oxygen to survive. However, some bacteria have a completely different way of making energy. Instead of breathing oxygen, they breathe electricity.

Of all the elements on the periodic table, we breathe and persist on one that's inherently corrosive and readily promotes combustion*. Toxicologists writing in the journal Trends in Pharmacological ...

Researchers have revisited hyperbaric oxygen sessions as a possible treatment for brain damage sustained after a concussion. According to a report compiled for Congress by the Centers for Disease ...

Oxygen therapy for COPD is a treatment used to increase the oxygen in your lungs and bloodstream. Research suggests that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who use oxygen may ...

Here’s one type of breathing that you could eventually get behind, so to speak—a way to essentially breathe through your butt. It would involve squirting an oxygen-carrying liquid up your butt to then ...

If you’re anything like us, you’re always looking for a more convenient, efficient way to live your life. You’ve got insulated two-pane windows, a phone that doubles as a television, music player and ...

SIR LEONARD HILL described in NATURE of September 10, p. 397, some interesting experiments bearing upon “Altitudes to be Reached by Air Pilots by Breathing Oxygen”. Dr. Elihu Thomson, General Electric ...