Cyanobacteria, as they still exist today, were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced in primeval oceans about 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in ...

Images: Carolin Dreher, Jeremiah Shuster Scanning electron microscope images of the spherical cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp.

University of Tübingen researchers investigate how O2-producing cyanobacteria survived toxic iron compounds to flourish and multiply ...

Chemistry World spoke to Andrew Sweetman, the biogeochemist leading the upcoming excursion to the Clarion Clipperton Zone in ...

The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) launched a science-based initiative to develop ...

Oxygen shaped the world as we know it. It’s why we hiccup and why frogs croak. It’s so good that some turtles have learned to suck it in using not just their nose and mouth, but also… another orifice.

Pouring 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine removed up to 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without harming wildlife, according to the researchers behind an ocean al ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — After completing its 16th and final test of generating oxygen in the mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere of Mars, MOXIE will leave a legacy for its bigger future descendants, says ...

Cottrell teacher-scholar award winner Meaghan Deegan balances cutting-edge research in synthetic compound stabilization with ...

Background/aims Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most frequent long-term complication after cataract surgery, caused by proliferation of residual lens epithelial cells (LECs). Metformin, a ...

Do you want to float on water? Take a trip to the Dead Sea or the Great Salt Lake. Because both bodies of water contain huge amounts of salt, swimmers can easily float! Compare the densities of ...