by Kathi Leiden | Sep 8, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
By smashing together gold and helium-3 ions, a particle collider has created tiny droplets of the same primordial soup formed at the Big Bang. What is this primordial goo? It’s the state of matter that existed at the very birth of the universe, nearly...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 3, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
If you have cash on you, you’re have cocaine on you. That’s what new research that uses a special helium-based testing technology suggests. In August of 2009, Dr. Yuegang Zuo of the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth presented the findings of his...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 2, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
They might be commonplace for most of us, but when you learn what goes into the making of latex balloons, you’ll never look at them the same again. Latex balloons start in the forest It all starts with a tree. Hevea brasiliensis is native to the Amazon where it...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 27, 2015 | Helium, Helium News
Thanks to a legendary explorer and the Internet, the helium-powered USS Macon that crashed into the sea in 1935 can be explored by us all. (Footage below) A helium-powered aircraft carrier The USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a helium-powered Navy airship that was designed to...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 26, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
It’s been suspected over 40 years, but thanks to NASA’s LADEE mission, we finally have confirmation of neon and helium in the moon’s atmosphere. NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced “laddie”) launched out of...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 25, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
Using nothing but helium and foam, helium clouds are becoming a popular promotional tool and a lucrative tourist attraction. Helium clouds in a box The contraption is simple. At the top of the box are interchangeable wooden boards with different holes cut out of them,...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 21, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
Like any other market, the helium market fluctuates depending on supply, but new research suggests we may have more helium than we realized. Led by Diveena Danabalan, a team of researchers from Durham and Oxford Universities studied natural gas samples from 22...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 20, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Hear the one where the alligator inhaled helium to get squeakier? Scientists tested this to see if reptiles talk like we do. The results are surprising. Squeaky helium voice When you and I speak, our vocal chords and the air in our vocal tract vibrate. We alter the...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 14, 2015 | Helium, Helium Stunts
A fundraising event in Cleveland, Ohio aimed to break the world record for the most latex helium balloons ever launched, but it quickly became a majestic mess. The backstory In 1985, Disneyland celebrated their 30th anniversary by setting a world record for the most...
