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An Oxygen-Storing Salt Could Replace Bulky Air Tanks

A cobalt salt can store oxygen and release it as needed.

By Jim Sullivan
May 28, 2015 5:00 AMNov 12, 2019 6:00 AM
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University of Southern Denmark researchers have discovered a way heavy metal might help patients with lung disease. We’re not talking Black Sabbath. The heavy metal is cobalt, in the form of a crystalline salt.

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