Oxygen

Researchers stunned: Queen bumblebees survive more than a week underwater

Scientists say the terrestrial insects endured continuous underwater conditions in controlled laboratory experiments, an outcome they did not anticipate.

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Bumblebee.
Oxygen piping and regulator on the wall of an ambulance.

Police arrest oxygen tank supplier partner in connection with oil refinery deaths in Ashdod

The suspect arrested on Monday is a partner in the company that supplies the oxygen tanks to the Ashdod refinery. 

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Medical oxygen canisters are seen for the reopening of the dedicated children's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) ward which reopened as a response to increased infections among Israel's children at Sheba Medical Center in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, on January 11, 2022.

Health Ministry recalls oxygen canisters after deaths of two women raises concerns over toxins

All canisters from the company Salem Yaakov and Sons are to be taken out of service immediately. Other canisters must be checked to ensure they are labeled correctly.

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In oxygen-deprived clay: 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in China.

In oxygen-deprived clay: 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in China

Tools used for digging up underground plant foods, supporting the idea of a plant-based diet among early humans.

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James Webb telescope reveals oxygen in galaxy from 13.4 billion years ago

Light from JADES-GS-z14-0 has taken 13.4 billion years to reach Earth, revealing a chemically mature galaxy when the universe was less than 300 million years old.

MARCH 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
James Webb telescope reveals oxygen in galaxy from 13.4 billion years ago.

Life without oxygen: The mysterious microbes thriving in the Lost City beneath the waves

The Lost City, found in 2000 near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is a deep-sea ecosystem with towering limestone formations resembling underwater cathedrals.

MARCH 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A 5-foot-wide flange, or ledge, on the side of a chimney in the Lost City Field.