Chinese students generated enough oxygen, water and food in a self-contained habitat to last a full year without help from the outside world. Two groups lived in the sealed environment Yuegong-1, or Lunar Palace 1, for a total of 370 days, but one group was able to survive without the need of outside materials – … Read more
Giving pregnant women extra oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’, study suggests US researchers compared 16 studies assessing benefit of oxygen in childbirth Found there is no clear or significant benefit to providing extra oxygen Researchers say being more judicious with oxygen will reduce childbirth costs By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 4 January … Read more
Giving pregnant women extra oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’, study suggests US researchers compared 16 studies assessing benefit of oxygen in childbirth Found there is no clear or significant benefit to providing extra oxygen Researchers say being more judicious with oxygen will reduce childbirth costs By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 4 January … Read more
New technology will allow astronauts to transform salt water on Mars into oxygen and fuel when they land on the Red Planet in 2033 The system is designed with two sides – one splits the water to form a hydroxyl ion and the other splits it again to produce oxygen It produces 25 times more oxygen … Read more
Professional runners with the ability to run a marathon in under two hours take in oxygen twice as fast as a regular person of the same age, a new study revealed. University of Exeter researchers analysed the rate of oxygen uptake among elite athletes as part of the sub-two-minute marathon Breaking2 project run by Nike. … Read more
Up to £250,000 has been awarded to a British firm by the European Space Agency (ESA) with the explicit aim of extracting oxygen out of lunar rocks. Metalysis, based in Rotherham, currently specialises in getting precious metals out of minerals for use in electronics. As part of its process it uses electricity to strip away … Read more
Donald Trump’s doctors said Sunday he was given a steroid and put on oxygen as they treated him for COVID-19, but White House Physician Sean Conley said the president could be discharged from Walter Reed as early as Monday. Conley, a Navy Commander and physician to the president, revealed during a briefing Sunday that Trump … Read more
Apple has unveiled a new version of the Apple Watch that is capable of reading the wearer’s blood oxygen levels via sensors on their wrist. The new feature works by measuring the color of blood flowing through the body to determine levels of oxygen in just 15 seconds, according to Apple. Blood oxygen levels are … Read more
Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 6 capable of reading blood oxygen levels, along with an affordable SE model at its virtual ‘Time Flies’ event Apple held its highly anticipated ‘Time Flies’ event to unveil new products The tech giant announced the new Apple Watch Series 6 The new model includes sensors to measure blood oxygen levels … Read more
Rusting iron has been found on the Moon and it was likely the result of oxygen being carried to the lunar surface from Earth by solar winds, a new study discovered. The oxidised iron mineral hematite – a form of rusted iron – was discovered at high latitudes on the Moon by planetary scientists from … Read more