A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in determining fundamental properties of atomic nuclei. The team conducted laser spectroscopy experiments on muonic helium-3. Muonic helium-3 is ...

George Pickett: his experiments were described as 'the Big Bang in a drop of helium' - Science Photo Library/DPA Professor George Pickett, who has died aged 85, invented forms of nuclear refrigeration ...

For today’s episode of For Science! we show you an easy way to get those pesky helium balloon down from the rafters after a celebration. This experiment is very simple and straight-forward but will ...

The U. S. Navy Department and the Bureau of Mines last week announced successful experiments anent a new use for helium. Faced with severe diffculties in diving operations to raise the sunken ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over traces of primordial helium—a rare isotope known as ³He—escaping from volcanic rocks in places like Hawaii and Iceland. Unlike the more common ⁴He, which is ...