A new magnetic switch that controls the flow of heat has been made by Joäo Ventura and colleagues at the University of Porto in Portugal. At its heart is a cylindrical container that is about three ...

Astrophysicists may have solved the embarrassing problem of why there is so much less helium-3 in the universe than predicted by standard cosmology and star-evolution theories. Peter Eggleton of the ...

JWST might have spotted the 'smoking gun' of a hypothetical object called a dark star in the distant Universe.

Researchers from EeroQ, the quantum computing company pioneering electron-on-helium technology, have published a paper, ...

If you’d like to make a point about the physics of helium balloons, just stick one in a vacuum. One of the earliest physics demonstrations that I ever witnessed was a simple one explaining the motion ...

An international research collaboration featuring scientists from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has discovered a fundamental universal principle ...

When you hit the gas pedal in a car, you get pressed backwards in the seat. That’s physics. So why does a helium balloon dart forward, into the acceleration? Is helium immune to physics? The secret to ...

Harvard is running out of helium — and it is no laughing matter. A global helium shortage is affecting all sorts of consumers, ranging from the National Weather Service, to party-supply stores, to ...

A glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel ...

The physics department of the Indian institute of Technology(IIT)-Kanpur was on Saturday equipped with a new Helium Liquefier facility. KANPUR: The physics department of the Indian institute of ...

Most kids would agree: Sucking a lungful of helium out of a balloon makes your voice sound hilarious. But contrary to popular belief, the switch from air to helium gas doesn't actually increase the ...