by Kathi Leiden | Mar 10, 2017 | Helium Science
You read that right. IBM scientists have managed to store one bit of data on a single atom. And they needed supercooled helium to do it. The smallest magnet on earth is invisible On Wednesday, IBM issued a press release and video, announcing that they had...
by Kathi Leiden | Feb 9, 2017 | Helium News, Helium Science
Helium has long been known to be a stable, noble gas. New research claims it may not be. If it’s true, the periodic table as we know it may be rewritten. Helium: A stable noble gas Since it was first discovered in 1868 in the halos of light surrounding the sun...
by Kathi Leiden | Jan 24, 2017 | Helium Science, Helium Stunts
Next time you’re bored at a party and want to take some kid’s money (kidding), bet said kid (still kidding) that you can pop a latex balloon using nothing but an orange peel and magic. Seal the deal by promising that you’ll never touch the balloon!...
by Kathi Leiden | Jan 13, 2017 | Helium, Helium Science
MIT researchers have been doing some incredible experiments with ultra-light graphene, which some believe could replace helium in balloons. What is graphene? Basically, graphene is a tightly-packed lattice of carbon on an atomic scale. If you had the chance to...
by Kathi Leiden | Jan 3, 2017 | Helium, Helium Science
Engineers at UC San Diego are working to try to better forecast hurricanes by releasing swarms of sensor-laden helium balloons right into the storms. Life imitates art (Spoiler alert, but if you haven’t seen this movie by now then you can’t blame...
by Kathi Leiden | Dec 19, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
We came across a video of a 60-foot-long helium balloon robot arm that you just have to see to believe. It is the real-life version of War of the Worlds. Remember this scene above from the 2005 remake of the 1953 classic? Tom Cruise and crew are hiding in the basement...
