Things are looking up for Minnesota's nascent helium industry, because miners keep going down to find more of it. Nearly two years after first making the discovery with its Jetstream 1 well, engineers ...

In medicine, space travel, high-tech and scientific exploration — helium is a hot commodity. From filling party balloons to keeping magnetic resonance imaging machines running smoothly, the rare inert ...

In an emotional scene in the Apple TV show “Stick,” the manager of a party supply store explains to a skeptical friend why she’s investing her recent windfall into helium stock. “It’s more than party ...

Air is traditionally used as a filling medium in hard drives. However, because of its higher density, it creates resistance, which increases energy consumption and puts more strain on the mechanical ...

On May 5, 2025, Interlune — a Seattle-based startup — announced a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): they’ll deliver helium-3, harvested from the moon, to Earth by 2029. The press ...

The agency's lawsuit against Helium was its final action under former Chair Gary Gensler, aiming to penalize a crypto firm for a token launch. Update (April 14 at 3:59 pm UTC): This article has been ...

Scientists have coaxed one of the universe’s most stubborn elements into a new compound. Formed under intense pressures, the newly discovered compound packs helium atoms into crystalline iron, ...

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GOLDEN, Colorado — Interlune, a Seattle-based company of former Blue Origin technologists, has set its sights on the moon’s supply of Helium-3 — a rare heavy isotope deposited into lunar regolith by ...

Helium mining is the mechanism that powers the Helium network to provide global wireless technology for Internet-of-Things devices. Helium involves running a hotspot to provide coverage for ...

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday. Sign up here. Past missions have that have been affected by pesky helium leaks include ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 and ESA ...

A helium reservoir with the highest concentrations ever seen could hold enough of the gas to address critical shortages in the U.S. affecting tech, medicine and space exploration. When you purchase ...