A new study provides a fundamental understanding of the diversification of small molecules called respiratory quinones and its adaptive consequences in bacterial species. Bioengineers specifically ...

A sound knowledge of respiratory physiology is key to developing a thorough understanding of one of the most basic functions of life: breathing. Currently, our team is studying: molecular & functional ...

Measurement of respiratory rate is a vital sign. Nurses need to understand the anatomy and physiology of normal breathing to measure respiratory rate and interpret findings. The second in our ...

AMONG the very first of the physiological acts observed were those of respiration. The regular movements of breathing, from the first feeble efforts of the new-born babe until the sigh in the last ...

Mitchell, Silas Weir and Morehouse, George R. 1863. Researches upon the anatomy and physiology of respiration in the Chelonia. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions ...

Physiology -- the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts -- gained prominence and became a science unto itself thanks to the contributions of Danish ...

How can respiratory rate assessment help identify community-acquired pneumonia and sepsis? This is the fifth in our five-part series on respiratory rate Abstract This article is the fifth in a ...

Respiration is the process of releasing energy from food. Like human beings and other animals, plants also need oxygen from the environment and release carbon dioxide. This shows that even plants ...