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These archaea oxidize ammonia, a process that plays a central role in the ocean's nitrogen cycle.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

“The presence of ferrihydrite tells us something specific about Mars' past environment,” Valentinas said, describing the cold and pH neutral waters that must have existed to oxidize the soil.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2025

These, Borduas-Dedekind explains, oxidize in the air, forming larger molecules that can easily absorb water and form clouds.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024

Over time, the shiny brass exterior will oxidize, giving the pencil holder a vintage, worn-in feel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Perhaps there is an exotic inorganic chemistry in the Martian soil that is able by itself, in the absence of Martian microbes, to oxidize foodstuffs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

When olive oil is exposed to fluctuations in temperature, light and air, which oxidizes the oil to its detriment, its quality diminishes.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

When HXA interacts with the electrode, it oxidizes and transfers its electrons, spiking the electrode's voltage.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

Food is an organic compound: it congeals, runs, discolors and oxidizes over time and because of the conditions in the kitchen you’re shooting in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

A green, fuzzy coating grows on it as its surface oxidizes.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2023

"Over time, it partly oxidizes, which keeps providing sites for nutrients to bind to."

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

They then carefully oxidized the aluminum, producing an aluminum oxide layer about 0.42 nanometers thick.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

They don’t have coffee, but they do have Jeju Island–grown “Regenerative Organic-Certified” black tea oxidized as matcha.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

Barnett discovered that ROS oxidized certain immune and metabolic proteins involved in neurological disease, altering the activity of thousands of genes tied to inflammation and dementia.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2025

“I was talking about stale, oxidized matcha powder, but I completely get that it came off a very wrong way. I chose the wrong words and I really apologize for that.”

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

My palms are faintly green, for like everything else on the ship, the tiller wheel has turned to copper and has oxidized green in the salt sea air.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

And a 2016 US government study found perchlorate, an oxidizing agent used in fireworks, had made its way into groundwater and surface water around Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which holds annual July 4 shows.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

All these photocatalysts require high energy light for excitation and their oxidizing power has not yet been fully exploited.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024

There, parked in a driveway at the rear of a home, is an odd-looking, flat-nosed, miniature-size pickup, rust holes here and there, its red paint oxidizing.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

In her visually complex raku-fired pieces at Craft Contemporary, she embraces the oxidizing of glazes and leaves imprints of her hands in the clay, emphasizing the collaboration between herself and the material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

The transition to an oxidizing atmosphere posed a supreme crisis in the history of life, and a great many organisms, unable to cope with oxygen, perished.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan