by Kathi Leiden | Nov 18, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
A group of scientists have reported that they created the first-ever helium supersolid, which is both liquid and solid and should be impossible. A helium supersolid is impossible We looked this up and you can read all about the science behind what a supersolid...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 10, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
Google has gone to the UN for help in bringing its Internet balloons effort, dubbed Project Loon, to more remote areas of the world. According to Business Daily Africa, Google’s X Lab presented in front of the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 3, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
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… … and actually, we’re not even talking about helium gas. We’re talking about the far more extreme liquid...
by Kathi Leiden | Oct 25, 2016 | Helium
The new Apple commercial is pure art, but it’s more than that. It’s also a nod to the 1956 short, “The Red Balloon”— one of the great films of all-time. The Red Balloon for 2016 As you see above, the ad starts with a red balloon escaping...
by Kathi Leiden | Oct 21, 2016 | Helium
We’re back! Zephyr had a great show in Orlando this past week and we wanted to share a few stories and photos with you from the event. The show If you aren’t familiar with the PMA Fresh Summit Convention and Expo, it is one of the largest exhibits...
by Kathi Leiden | Oct 12, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
The world has silently lost a technological pioneer, one whose gas laser discoveries led to advances in telecom, Internet, medicine, retail and more. MIT Professor Emeritus Ali Javan has passed away at the age of 89, according to Chuck Leddy of the school’s...
