Scientists have created a device that captures carbon dioxide and transforms it into a useful chemical in a single step. The ...

Patients with darker skin tones have peripheral oxygen saturation readings that are higher than patients with a lighter skin tone.

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their remarkable ability to survive these conditions could offer a key model for rese ...

To take a pulse oximetry reading, turn on the device, place it on your fingertip, sit still, and wait for a stable reading. Normal oxygen saturation levels range from 95% to 100%; levels below 92% may ...

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Researchers in the U.S. have found that exposure to low oxygen levels — known as hypoxia — early in life can cause pulmonary hypertension (PH) by permanently altering lung blood vessel development.

An implantable zinc magnesium battery generates hydrogen and removes oxygen inside tumors, triggering a hypoxia-activated drug and achieving strong, localized tumor suppression in mice. (Nanowerk ...

Your lungs start burning after 30 seconds underwater. Most people tap out before hitting two minutes. Yet Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić just held his breath for 29 minutes and 3 seconds on June ...