Xenon (Xe) chemistry, and noble gas reactions in general, may not seem like a productive field of research; noble-gases are commonly written off as chemically inert. However, there has been growing ...

An international team of researchers has established stability of several oxides of normally inert xenon. These compounds are predicted to be stable at high pressures above 830,000 atmospheres, i.e.

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Xenon difluoride is a white crystalline solid with an unpleasant odor. One of the first compounds to be prepared from "inert" gases, it was synthesized by the low-pressure photochemical reaction of ...

Satisfied with their full outer shells, noble gases are typically monatomic, indifferent to their peers. Despite their nonchalance, though, two of these gases have assisted humans in the far reaches ...

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BERKELEY, CA -- Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have developed a new technique for ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Conventional diagnostic imaging is mainly based on morphological contrast that is a result of different general tissue characteristics. Molecular imaging is a new approach for ...

BERKELEY, CA -- Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, requiring patients to remain motionless for long periods of time inside ...