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nkmnztoday at 4:54 AM1 replyview on HN

Scientists found a way to extract up to 90% of oxygen from air! They call it “breathing”.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 5:14 AM

> Scientists found a way to extract up to 90% of oxygen from air! They call it “breathing”

No, they don't and no, they wouldn't. "Inhaled air [at sea level] contains 21% O2 while exhaled breath contains approximately 16% O2 and 5% CO2" [1]. 24% recovery.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8672270/