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XPeng Mona M03 (小鹏MONA M03)

The XPeng Mona M03, also known as 小鹏MONA, is a battery-electric compact liftback produced by Chinese automaker XPeng and launched in August 2024, becoming its best-selling model.

XPeng P7+

The XPeng P7+ (小鹏P7+) is a battery-electric fastback sedan produced by Chinese automaker XPeng, launched in China in November 2024 and marketed as the world's first "AI-defined vehicle".

XPeng Robotics (小鹏机器人业务)

XPeng Robotics (小鹏机器人业务), also known as Pengxing Intelligence (鹏行智能), is the humanoid-robotics business of Guangzhou-based XPeng Group. Its product is the full-size IRON humanoid robot, which entered production in September 2026.

XPeng X9

The XPeng X9 is a large seven-seater battery-electric minivan built by Chinese automaker XPeng since January 2024 on its SEPA2.0 architecture and positioned as the company's flagship model.

Xperiment

Xperiment (stylized xperiment) is Ken Carson's fifth studio album, released July 3, 2026 on Opium/Interscope: 22 rage-rap tracks featuring Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, Destroy Lonely, and 2hollis, following the Billboard 200 No. 1 More Chaos.

Xpert MTB/RIF assay

The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is an automated cartridge-based molecular test that detects tuberculosis DNA and rifampicin resistance directly from unprocessed sputum in under two hours, endorsed by WHO in 2010.

XPhos

XPhos (2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl) is an air-stable, electron-rich biaryl phosphine ligand developed by Stephen Buchwald's group at MIT, widely used in palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura couplings, including unactivated aryl chlorides.

Xplore Trampoline and Amusement Park

Xplore Trampoline and Amusement Park (एक्सप्लोर ट्रांपोलिन एंड एम्यूजमेंट पार्क), or Xplore Game Zone, is a 40,000 sq ft indoor trampoline, bowling, arcade, and VR venue in Hingna, Nagpur, Maharashtra; trampoline ₹700/hour, open 11:30 AM–10 PM daily.

Xplorer Capital

Xplorer Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, led by co-founders Keith Nilsson and Jonathan McQueen, with roughly $240.7 million disclosed across its funds.

XPLR Infrastructure, LP

XPLR Infrastructure, LP, formerly NextEra Energy Partners, is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership, headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, that owns wind, solar, and battery storage projects in 28 states.

XPO1

XPO1 (exportin 1, CRM1), gene at 2p15, is the main human nuclear export receptor for about 200 NES-bearing proteins including tumor suppressors; its inhibitor selinexor is FDA-approved for myeloma and DLBCL.

Xponential

XPONENTIAL is an annual trade show and conference for the uncrewed systems, robotics, and autonomy industries, co-hosted by AUVSI and Messe Düsseldorf North America, drawing over 7,500 attendees.

Xprize Foundation

XPRIZE, also written X-Prize, is an American nonprofit foundation founded by Peter Diamandis that runs large-scale incentive prize competitions; its $10 million Ansari XPRIZE was won in 2004.

Xpuhil

Xpuhil (Xpujil), a Maya archaeological zone in Calakmul municipality, southern Campeche, Mexico, in the Río Bec region; known for Structure I with three towers, Late Classic florescence 600–800 AD, occupied 400 BC–1200 AD.

XQc

xQc, Félix Lengyel (born 1995), Canadian streamer and former Overwatch pro (Dallas Fuel, 2017 World Cup MVP). Signed a record $100 million two-year non-exclusive Kick deal in June 2023.

XQuery

XQuery is a functional query and application development language, standardized by the W3C, for extracting and restructuring information from XML documents and, since 3.1, JSON.

XR Trading

XR Trading is a proprietary market-making firm headquartered in Chicago, founded in 2002, that provides liquidity across futures, options, equities, fixed income, and cryptocurrencies using automated quantitative systems.

XRCC1

XRCC1 (X-ray repair cross complementing 1) is a 633-amino-acid human scaffold protein, no enzymatic activity, coordinating BER and single-strand break repair by recruiting POLβ, LIG3, PNKP, and PARP1; variants Arg194Trp, Arg280His, Arg399Gln link to cancer risk.

XRCC2

XRCC2 (X-ray repair cross complementing 2), FANCU, a human RAD51 paralog gene at 7q36.1; forms the BCDX2 complex for homologous recombination DNA repair; biallelic mutation causes Fanconi anemia FA-U and mutations predispose to breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers.

XRCC3

XRCC3 (X-ray repair cross complementing 3), human gene at 14q32.33 encoding a RAD51 paralog DNA repair protein; forms the CX3 complex with RAD51C, resolves Holliday junctions, protects replication forks, and is linked to cancer predisposition and the Thr241Met polymorphism.

XRCC4

XRCC4 (X-ray repair cross complementing 4) is a human scaffold protein essential for non-homologous end joining of DNA double-strand breaks and V(D)J recombination, forming a 2:1 complex with DNA ligase IV and filaments with XLF; loss causes radiosensitivity and microcephalic dwarfism.

XRCC4, N-terminal domain

XRCC4 N-terminal domain: globular head (residues 1–115) of the human DNA repair protein XRCC4, a β-sandwich with helix-turn-helix motif and new fold; dimerizes XRCC4, binds XLF, and anchors NHEJ double-strand break repair.

XREAL

XREAL, formerly Nreal, is a Chinese consumer augmented reality glasses maker founded by Chi Xu in 2017, headquartered in Shanghai and filed for a Hong Kong IPO in 2026.

XRISM

XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) is a JAXA-led X-ray observatory, developed with NASA and ESA and launched on 7 September 2023 to study energetic cosmic objects.

XRISM Resolve

Resolve is the X-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer aboard XRISM, an X-ray astronomy satellite developed by JAXA and NASA and launched from Japan in 2023; it measures each photon's energy as heat at 50 milli-Kelvin.

XRP

XRP is the native cryptocurrency of the XRP Ledger, a payment network launched in 2012 by David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto that settles transactions in seconds without mining.

XS Nightclub

XS Nightclub is an indoor-outdoor nightclub at Encore Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip, opened on New Year's Eve 2008 and operated by Wynn Resorts, and became a defining EDM superclub.

Xscape (album)

Xscape: second posthumous Michael Jackson album of unreleased material (also styled XSCAPE), released May 13, 2014 on Epic Records; eight 1983-1999 vocals contemporized by Timbaland, Jerkins, Stargate; UK number 1, deluxe with originals.

Xscape (group)

Xscape: Atlanta R&B girl group formed 1990 (LaTocha, Tamika Scott, Kandi Burruss, Tiny Cottle), discovered by Jermaine Dupri; three platinum 1990s albums, 2017 reunion, Bravo series, later trio Xscap3.

XSEDE

XSEDE, the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, was an NSF-funded project coordinating supercomputers, cloud systems, and data services for US academic research from 2011 to 2022.