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British climbers recently reached the top of Mount Everest in record time. They inhaled xenon gas before the trip. But was that the decisive factor?
Xenon is a colourless, odourless gas with anaesthetic properties that can improve acclimatisation and protect against altitude sickness.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and BOSTON, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: XENE), a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and BOSTON, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: XENE), a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering ...
The Hyperkin Xenon is a wired controller for the Xbox Series X/S and PC that faithfully recreates the look and feel of the original Xbox 360 controller.
Halogen bulbs are rapidly being replaced by brighter and whiter light-emitting diodes and even brighter high-intensity-discharge lights filled with xenon gas.
Maglite's ML300 is a long-lasting, super-bright LED flashlight kicks out more than 1,000 lumens and can run for 5 hours on its brightest setting.
The paradox of the missing xenon might sound like the title of the latest airport thriller, but it's actually a problem that's stumped geophysicists for decades. New work provides the first ...
Averaging around $100,000 a bottle, the xenon that powers a new generation of dark matter detectors doesn’t come cheap.
Each of them potentiated xenon-mediated neuroprotection when used at concentrations providing suboptimal rescue to cortical neurons but most surprisingly, no rescue at all.
Xenon is an inert element at ambient conditions but may become reactive under pressure. It has now been predicted that pressure stabilizes increasing oxidation states of Xe atoms (from Xe0 to Xe2 ...
A classic compact flashlight is the Mini Maglite ($10; www.maglite.com), which uses two AA batteries. I must have four or five of those scattered around the house.