The LZ detector contains 7 tons of liquid xenon, the dense liquid phase of the noble gas found in the Earth's atmosphere. When a particle interacts with this liquid xenon it produces a flash of ...

Inhale a smaller dose, though, and you will merely become mildly oxygen-deprived. If you are oxygen-deprived for long enough, the shortage will stimulate your bone marrow to ramp up the production of ...

The integration of Polarean’s Xenon MRI platform into SimonMed’s facilities represents a new business opportunity to expand the availability of functional lung imaging. This collaboration underscores ...

On one occasion, however, he collected the gas remaining in his apparatus. The residue (just 0.3 ml), introduced into a spectrum tube, revealed a brilliant blue colour characteristic of xenon.

A CT scan uses X-ray detectors to create images of slices of the body ... Developed at the University of Sheffield, the POLARIS technology uses inhaled Hyperpolarised Xenon gas in combination with MRI ...

Enrico Chesta, Véronique Ferlet-Cavrois and Markus Brugger highlight seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further ...

Able to cross the blood-brain barrier, Xenon gas seemed to perk the mice right up, which began to become particularly active ...

Researchers uncover promising evidence that xenon gas, commonly used in anesthesia, may help reduce brain deterioration and ...

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 ...