Most people who are allergic to cats aren’t reacting to the fur—they’re reacting to a protein in cat saliva called Fel d 1.

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited ...

Xenon is a noble gas—colorless, odorless, inert. But it does affect the body. It’s been used as an anesthetic on occasion since the 1950s, says Robert Dickinson, a senior lecturer in medicine ...

Xenon is one of the six noble gases. Its name derives from the Greek word for "strange." In medicine, it has been used as an anesthetic since the early 1950s and, more recently, to treat brain ...

Experts are hopeful that inhaling xenon gas could be a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, as clinical trials are set to begin. Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating illness that ...

Most people have never heard of xenon gas, and for good reason – it makes up just a tiny fraction of the air we breathe, specifically 0.086 parts per million.

Xenon is a noble gas discovered in the 1880s that for decades was used as an anesthetic. It has been shown to increase production of the protein erythropoietin (EPO), which is produced by the ...

This, they hope, will be made possible by inhaling the noble gas xenon 10 days prior, as part of a tour with Furtenbach Adventures. “Before you can go to climb Mount Everest, ...

Noble gases have a reputation for being unreactive, inert elements, but more than 60 years ago Neil Bartlett demonstrated the first way to bond xenon. He created XePtF6, an orange-yellow solid.

Anil Oza is STAT’s 2024-2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow. You can reach Anil on Signal at aniloza.16. The gas xenon, like the other noble, or inert, gases, is known for doing very ...

Like all noble gases, xenon is colourless, odourless and inflammable — but it is also more reactive, and much rarer, than its lighter relatives. Ivan Dmochowski ponders how xenon, though ...

Xenon is a noble gas—colorless, odorless, inert. But it does affect the body. It’s been used as an anesthetic on occasion since the 1950s, says Robert Dickinson, a senior lecturer in medicine ...