by Kathi Leiden | Nov 3, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Could leaking helium be the warning system we’ve been searching for when it comes to predicting volcanic activity? Led by professor Yuji Sano, group of researchers from the University of Tokyo studied the hot springs surrounding Japan’s Mount Ontake prior...
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 | 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 | Jul 10, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
High levels of helium-3 have been discovered in oil wells in Southern California, which changes everything we thought we knew about the Newport-Inglewood fault line and has reignited fears of another “big one.” On Earth, helium-3 is insanely rare. It is only found in...
