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 28, 2017 | Helium, Helium Safety
Cost is always crucial when choosing a helium supplier, but there’s much more to it. Will you get what you paid for, or will you be left deflated? For the most part, price is the number one thing you are going to be concerned with when choosing a new helium...
by Kathi Leiden | Feb 11, 2017 | Helium, Helium News
This is the year for Moon Express, who just received another round of funding to pursue their goal of mining helium-3 from the moon. A newer, quieter space race Two years ago, we told you about a new race to get back to the moon to search for deposits of helium-3: A...
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 | Feb 2, 2017 | Helium, Helium Uses
Like an airbag in your car, this helium bike helmet is a hidden device that cyclists wear around their neck, which inflates just before a crash. As CEO Fredrik Carling explains more about in the above video, the Hövding by Hövding is the world’s first airbag...
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 20, 2017 | Helium, Helium Stunts
Think you’ve seen a balloon pop? Think again. We’ve compiled 10 insane slow motion balloon burst videos that you simply cannot miss. We’ve all seen balloons pop plenty of times. Typical stuff, right? Except, our eyes can only process 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...
