by Kathi Leiden | Aug 10, 2017 | Helium, Helium Science
The looming solar eclipse has us excited about the sun lately, so we thought we’d dive into how it uses nuclear fusion to make helium. Upcoming solar eclipse If you’re a follower of our blog, the news, or just on social media, you know about the...
by Kathi Leiden | Apr 13, 2017 | Helium Science, Helium Uses
A new technique developed by Talissa Altes, MD uses helium imaging to see how the treatment for cystic fibrosis is working in different patients. A killer disease Cystic fibrosis is a respiratory illness that causes thick build-ups of mucus in the lungs. It...
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 | Nov 12, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
You don’t really hear about it in the U.S., but there is a moon race going on right now and it’s all centered around mining helium-3. China is going to the moon. Japan has plans to. Russia claims it does as well. NASA—not so much, but a billionaire has...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 5, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Helium is a finite resource on Earth, but the sun mass produces the stuff. Through an idea called stellar lifting, we might one day extract helium from the sun. Helium shortages Every 4 or 5 years, the world seems to find itself in another helium shortage. Right now,...
