Glowing protein reveals how oxygen moves through brains

"This research demonstrates that we can monitor changes in oxygen concentration continuously and in a wide area of the brain."

Mark Michaud-U. Rochester • futurity
April 1, 2024 ~8 min

Viagra may help oxygen-starved newborn babies

Viagra may offer a way to treat newborn babies who run out of oxygen during pregnancy or at birth, a new study shows.

McGill University • futurity
Feb. 15, 2024 ~7 min


Is oxygen vital for advanced alien tech?

New research explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting alien technology on distant planets.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
Jan. 3, 2024 ~6 min

Study rewrites 70-year-old story of life on Earth’s rise

Oxygen didn't cause an explosion of ocean fauna hundreds of millions of years ago. In fact, new research suggests the opposite may be true.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
July 19, 2023 ~7 min

Ancient ‘dead zones’ offer clues to future ocean warming

A new map of ocean "dead zones" from the Pliocene epoch may offer a glimpse into the future of Earth's warming oceans.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Jan. 5, 2023 ~6 min

Manganese oxides on Mars probably don’t indicate O2

Do manganese oxides support the theory that Mars once had more oxygen? New experiments contradict that view.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
Dec. 23, 2022 ~6 min

Your phone could measure your blood oxygen level

Your phone's camera and flash may one day offer a way to test your blood oxygen level at home.

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Sept. 20, 2022 ~8 min

How boa constrictors swallow stuff whole and don’t suffocate

To squeeze a creature to death and swallow it whole, boa constrictors have evolved to breathe with different sections of their rib cage.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
April 4, 2022 ~8 min


‘Chaos terrains’ may get oxygen into Europa’s hidden ocean

Oxygen in an ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may be similar to oxygen in Earth's oceans. "Our research puts this process into the realm of the possible."

Monica Kortsha-UT Austin • futurity
March 30, 2022 ~6 min

Antarctic air bubbles indicate Earth’s oxygen thief

Air bubbles in Antarctic ice suggest that glacial erosion caused atmospheric oxygen levels to dip over the past 800,000 years.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Dec. 21, 2021 ~6 min

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