A group of scientists have reported that they created the first-ever helium supersolid, which is both liquid and solid and should be impossible.
Project Loon: Internet balloons closer to going global
Google has gone to the UN for help in bringing its Internet balloons effort, dubbed Project Loon, to more remote areas of the world.
Can anything live in helium?
If you or I or your cat entered a helium atmosphere, we’d be toast. However, there is one creature on Earth that can live in helium…
Inventor of world’s first gas laser dies at 89
The world has silently lost a technological pioneer, one whose gas laser discoveries led to advances in telecom, Internet, medicine, retail and more.
Helium system breach – or aliens – took out SpaceX rocket
The explosion that blew the $260M SpaceX rocket off its launch pad this month was caused by a breach in the helium system. Or aliens. (Really.)
A star is (re)born – the amazing properties of helium
For the first time ever, astronomers have just witnessed an old, dying star rebirth itself; and it has much to do with the incredible properties of helium.
Giant helium balloon hunts for sub-atomic particles
What does a giant helium balloon have to do with the hunt for sub-atomic particles? The suspected electrons are trapped, really, really high up.
Groundbreaking helium microscope does not damage samples
It took 20 years to create — a helium microscope that can provide highly detailed pictures of delicate materials without destroying them.
15 craziest uses for helium balloons
Helium balloons can actually be used for a lot of wild purposes. We’ve put together the 15 craziest uses for helium balloons that we could find.
Helium drone with gripper tongue can pick up, drop off deliveries
Imagine a world where your pizza or package is slurped up and delivered to you by a big, flying helium drone. Or don’t — just watch it in action.