How Fluctuating Oxygen Levels May Have Accelerated Animal Evolutionby University of LeedsScientists have been able to produce a record of oxygen levels in the atmosphere over the last 1.5 billion years
NewsThe Origins of Earth’s ‘Single Most Important Evolutionary Innovation’by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA new study shows oxygenic photosynthesis likely evolved between 3.4 and 2.9 billion years ago
NewsLong-Term Consequences of CO2 Emissionsby Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research KielOxygen in the ocean will continue to decrease for many centuries, study shows
NewsAn Explanation for the Lack of Blood Oxygenation Detected in Many COVID-19 Patientsby University of SevilleA new study focuses on the cause of "silent hypoxemia" in some COVID-19 patients, and how to treat it
NewsWas Oxygen Actually Scarce on Earth 2 Billion Years Ago?by Estonian Research CouncilNew research strengthens the suggestion that suitable conditions for the evolution of complex life on early Earth existed for a much longer time than once thought
NewsWith Mars Methane Mystery Unsolved, Curiosity Serves Scientists a New One: Oxygenby NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterOn Mars, oxygen behaves in a way that so far scientists cannot explain through any known chemical processes
NewsArsenic-Breathing Life Discovered in the Tropical Pacific Oceanby University of WashingtonResearchers analyzed seawater samples from a region below the surface where oxygen is almost absent, forcing life to seek other strategie
NewsMoving Artificial Leaves out of the Lab and into the Airby University of Illinois at ChicagoThe artificial leaf would be at least 10 times more efficient than natural leaves at converting carbon dioxide to fuel
NewsRust Never Sleepsby Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPNNL research using atom probe tomography reveals chinks in iron crystals that can 'heal'
NewsPromising New Type of Polymers Developedby Vienna University of TechnologyS-PPV polymers are suitable for use in a wide range of applications, from solar cells to medicine
NewsOxygen Could Have Been Available to Life as Early as 3.5 Billion Years Agoby Imperial College LondonThe finding could change ideas of how and when complex life evolved on Earth