Science news articles about 'hydrogen sulphide'

  • 'Rotten eggs' in the blood

    Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a gas most commonly associated with the smell of stink bombs, sewage and rotten eggs, but a team of researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of ...
  • New gas sensors for monitoring carbon dioxide sinks

    ... . But in future the technology could also be used to monitor gas pipelines, the formation of hydrogen sulphide in waterbodies or the underground injection of carbon dioxide. The principle can also be ...
  • Stink bomb gas to give stroke victims new hope

    Scientists use hydrogen sulphide to put patients into 'suspended animation'
  • 'Hibernation-on-demand' drug significantly improves survival after extreme blood loss

    ... first time, researchers have demonstrated that the administration of minute amounts of inhaled or intravenous hydrogen sulphide, or H2S - the molecule that gives rotten eggs their sulphurous stench - ...
  • Oil-eating microbes give clue to ancient energy source

    ... underground, and maybe even in oil reservoirs. Their product, hydrogen sulphide, may nourish an unusual world of simple animal life around such seeps via special symbiotic bacteria. ...
  • Bad breath? Mouthrinses work, but some cause temporary staining

    ... is generated by bacteria that accumulate on the tongue and produce sulphur compounds including hydrogen sulphide. This is the same compound that makes rotten eggs smell bad. To combat this, mouth ...
  • If your systolic stinks, 'rotten egg' gas may be why

    Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odour of hydrogen sulphide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now an international team of scientists has discovered that ...
  • Treating heart failure with a gas

    At low concentrations, the toxic gas hydrogen sulphide protects the hearts of mice from heart failure, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found...
  • Stomach ulcer bug causes bad breath

    ... fitted fillings," said Dr. Suzuki. "Bacteria produce volatile compounds that smell unpleasant, including hydrogen sulphide, methyl mercaptan and dimethyl sulphide. Doctors often measure the levels of ...
  • Bacteria detoxify deadly seawater

    (PhysOrg.com) -- Some marine bacteria produce hydrogen sulphide, which is toxic to animals. Scientists have now discovered that bacteria also protect marine animals from this toxic gas. A bacterial ...
  • Texas researchers provide emissions data for livestock industry

    ... answers for the nation's cattle feeding industry after it was given a very short window by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin reporting ammonia and hydrogen sulphide emissions...
  • The good side of Black Sea pollution

    ... Black Sea harbours vast quantities of hydrogen sulphide, the toxic gas associated with the smell ... eggs. This noxious gas could be used as a renewable source of hydrogen gas to fuel a future carbon-free ...
  • Less of a stink in diabetes patients?

    Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is commonly associated with smell of rotten eggs, stink bombs and blocked drains but lower blood levels of the gas are possibly linked to cardiovascular complications ...
  • Corrosion-inhibiting coatings containing 'good' bacteria

    ... at sea is a big safety and financial problem caused by the production of damaging substances such as hydrogen sulphide by sulphate-reducing micro-organisms within biofilms on the surfaces. Overall it ...
  • Colon cancer and the microbes in your gut

    ... - this decreases the activity of 'good' bacteria that use methane and increases the production of hydrogen sulphide and other possible carcinogens by sulphur-reducing bacteria. "Colon cancer is the ...

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