Science news articles about 'rotten eggs'

  • 'Rotten eggs' in the blood

    ... 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 England and ...
  • If your systolic stinks, 'rotten egg' gas may be why

    Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now an international team of scientists has ...
  • Sex drug hope over rotten egg gas

    The gas responsible for the foul odour of rotten eggs could hold the key to a new impotence drug, experts believe.
  • Anti-inflammatory effect of 'rotten eggs' gas

    ... synthesized a new molecule which releases hydrogen sulfide (H2S) – the gas that gives rotten eggs their characteristic smell and which has recently been found to be produced naturally in the body – ...
  • Kids connect alcohol odors with mom's emotions

    ... , PhD, a Monell biopsychologist. "When given a choice between beer and pyridine – the smell of rotten eggs – children of mothers who drink to relieve tension and worry choose pyridine as smelling ...
  • 'Hibernation-on-demand' drug significantly improves survival after extreme blood loss

    ... of minute amounts of inhaled or intravenous hydrogen sulfide, or H2S – the molecule that gives rotten eggs their sulfurous stench – significantly improves survival from extreme blood loss in rats. ...
  • Fearsome-Smelling Gas Could Have Beneficial Uses In Medicine

    ... single breath of hydrogen sulfide, a gas best known for its rotten-egg smell, can kill. But at low concentrations, hydrogen sulfide could protect vital organs during surgery, research ...
  • Olfactory stimuli may influence dreams

    ... in Chicago, IL. German researchers used specific volatile odorants with a negative or a positive smell ("rotten eggs" versus "roses") to simulate subjects during sleep. They then recorded the subjects ...
  • Pleasant, Foul Odors Influence Our Dreams, Study Says

    You don't have to wake up to smell the roses: Exposure to a rose scent means pleasant dreams, while smelling rotten eggs gives dreams a negative cast, researchers found.
  • Bad breath? Mouthrinses work, but some cause temporary staining

    ... the tongue and produce sulphur compounds including hydrogen sulphide. This is the same compound that makes rotten eggs smell bad. To combat this, mouth rinses are classified in two categories, those ...
  • Treating heart failure with a gas

    ... in New Orleans, suggest that doctors could use hydrogen sulfide to treat humans with heart failure. Best known for its rotten-egg smell, hydrogen sulfide can pose a deadly threat ...
  • The good side of Black Sea pollution

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

    Hydrogen sulfide (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 ...
  • Physiology: Emissions control

    Could hydrogen sulphide be the new nitric oxide? Katharine Sanderson reports on the rotten-egg gas that is earning a reputation in human physiology.
  • Freshly crushed garlic better for the heart than processed

    ... crushed garlic generates hydrogen sulfide through a chemical reaction. Although best known as the stuff that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, hydrogen sulfide also acts as ...

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