A British expedition summited Everest in days while supplementing xenon. Is it the secret ingredient mountaineering has been looking for?

Xenon, which is legal on Everest, aims to accelerate the acclimatization process by increasing your body's erythropoietin production, which should, in theory, boost your red blood cell count.

To say xenon on its own was responsible for their quick ascent is "misinformation," he said. Akash Negi sits in a hypoxic tent set up in his New Jersey living room in April 2021.

Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community ...

Xenon Headlights Xenon high-intensity-discharge headlights have bulbs, but unlike halogen lights, they don’t have filaments so they tend to last longer than halogens but not as long as LEDs.

A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.

Xenon gas, currently used in medicine as an anesthetic and neuroprotective agent for treating brain injuries, showed potential in protecting the brain in studies. Because xenon can easily ...

Brightness Xenon headlights are brighter than LED ones and provide a more extensive coverage area. However, if not installed properly, they can reflect glare and blind oncoming traffic. So, if you go ...

Xenon, it turns out, has a variety of uses ranging from the mundane to the cosmic. Light bulb manufacturers put xenon gas inside incandescent bulbs to make the tungsten filament last longer.

Although xenon conversion kits used to be the norm in the 2000s and early 2010s, light-emitting diodes are all the range in the aftermarket automotive lighting industry.

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 ...