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They want to climb Everest in a week using an anesthetic gas. Critics warn it’s dangerous
Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...
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“Xenon won’t propel us to the top, but it will protect us as we climb fast” - British politician plans to summit Everest using controversial gas
What is Xenon gas? As anyone who was paying attention in chemistry lessons in school will know, Xenon (Xe) is one of the 118 chemical elements of the periodic table. It's an odorless, colorless ...
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Xenon out of its shell
On one occasion, however, he collected the gas ... chemical fuel, thereby lowering launch cost, while increasing travel range. Whether through oxidation, coordination or ionization, xenon has ...
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Inhaling GAS could protect against Alzheimer's disease, study suggests
Xenon gas has previously seen use in medicine as an anaesthetic and a way to protect the brain while treating injuries to the organ. Its chemical structure allows it to easily slip through blood ...
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HU junior researcher Alberto Pérez-Bitrián receives Emmy Noether grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
New Research Group OrgXeMet investigates the properties and reactivity of xenon compounds ...