Tags: Oxygen

Humans May Not Have to Carry Oxygen to Mars

SPACE 05.14.2015 13:28 PM

NASA is already in the planning stages for a future trip to Mars, and one of the hurdles they must jump is how humans will breath on the Red Planet. However, instead of carrying huge oxygen tanks, future human missions may actually utilize methods to actually produce the life giving gas on the planet itself.

Oxygen May Boost Immune Cells Fighting Cancer

03.05.2015 18:05 PM

Researchers might have discovered another new weapon in the fight against cancer -- oxygen. In a new study in mice. researchers found that something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells the boost they need to attack cancer cells in the body.