A fitness influencer in China has sparked an impassioned debate on social media after he used a helium balloon to lighten the weight of his backpack while on a hike. Pu, an influencer from Zhejiang, ...

For more than 50 years, scientists have dreamed of seeing the hidden patterns that govern the motion of nonlinear waves—the ...

A microscopic helium wave flume uncovers unprecedented nonlinear wave behaviours, including soliton fission and backward ...

The surprise discovery that one of the lightest elements in the Universe can bind to iron under high pressure to form iron helide means we may have misunderstood the chemistry making up the ...

I experiment with helium balloons and their crazy effects in Minecraft. Man empties piggy bank after 10 years—not ready for ...

The helium-3 that PSI physicist and ETH Zurich professor Antognini is using in the current experiment lacks not only a neutron in the nucleus, but also both electrons that orbit this nucleus. The ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A new measurement of the strong nuclear force, which binds protons and neutrons together, confirms previous hints of an uncomfortable ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

University of Queensland researchers have created a microscopic "ocean" on a silicon chip to miniaturize the study of wave ...

The properties of dense helium (He) — which happens to be a principal constituent of giant gas planets like Jupiter — at thermodynamic conditions between those of condensed matter and high-temperature ...

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 ...