Oxide
An oxide is a compound in which one or more oxygen atoms are bonded to another type of atom, often a metal. In oxidative reactions, oxygen combines chemically with another substance.
In nonmetal...
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Much of the stored blood given to millions of people every year may lack a component vital for it to deliver oxygen to the tissues. Nitric oxide, which helps keep blood vessels open, begins breakin...
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Blood transfusions have saved millions of lives, yet stored red cells may be less effective than hoped for because they can quickly lose much of their ability to deliver oxygen.As soon as donated b...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
'TRANSBORDER SMOG' FROM CHINA PROBLEMATIC (The Daily Yomiuri as
translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)
In recent months, photochemical ...
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Taipei (dpa) - Hydropower has always been considered the cleanest
forms of power generation, but a study published in Taiwan on Friday
showed that hydropower contributes to ...
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Geneva (dpa) - Global concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in
the atmosphere reached their highest levels ever recorded in 2006,
according to the latest Greenhouse Gas Bul...
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(EDS: ADDING INFO REVEALED AT NEWS CONFERENCES, CHANGING DATELINE)
Oji Paper Co., Japan's largest paper maker, admitted Friday that
its Fuji plant in Shizuoka Prefecture emitted more nitrogen...
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An explosion on Thursday killed two workers and critically injured four others at a Mojave Desert airport site used by the pioneering aerospace company that sent the first private manned rocket int...
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An explosion killed two workers and critically injured four others at a Mojave Desert airport site used by the pioneering aerospace company that sent the first private manned rocket into space, aut...
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Oxide
Studies: Stored blood lacks nitric oxide
