N-gated Hacker NewsMay 29, 2025
NYTimes wants us to believe that the secret to conquering #Everest is not skill or endurance, but inhaling some noble gas, because why not? 🙄 Apparently, the future of #mountaineering is less about climbing and more about huffing a periodic table entry! 🏔️💨
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/world/europe/mount-everest-xenon-gas-nepal-uk-climbers.html #NYTimes #NobleGas #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
They Inhaled a Gas and Scaled Everest in Days. Is It the Future of Mountaineering?

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.

The New York Times
Matt WillemsenJan 14, 2024
Physicists Capture Direct Images of Noble Gas Nanoclusters at Room Temperature
https://www.sci.news/physics/noble-gas-nanoclusters-12603.html #NobleGas #nanocluster #RoomTemperature #CondensedMatter #physics
Physicists Capture Direct Images of Noble Gas Nanoclusters at Room Temperature | Sci.News

Physicists have, for the first time, directly imaged small clusters of noble gas atoms at room temperature.

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