Nitrous oxide is a very effective power augmentation agent, but it is important to understand that it is not a fuel. It's actually an oxidizing agent, or if you will, an oxygen releasing compound that ...

The government is planning to make possession of nitrous oxide - also known as laughing gas - a criminal offence in England and Wales. Known as NOS, its use as a recreational drug soared during the ...

Like many wonderful and useful scientific things, nitrous oxide was discovered by accident in 18th-century England, and much later (during the '30s and '40s) it was used by dentists as an anesthetic.

When Laura was expecting her second child, she was excited to learn that her hospital was offering nitrous oxide for labor. She had used it during her first delivery, and she said it helped her cope ...