Standardizing calculations of the helium byproducts generated in advanced fission and fusion energy system materials can increase reactor safety and longevity, according to a study led by University ...

In Wednesday’s issue of Nature, a new paper describes a potentially useful way of measuring the interactions between normal matter and exotic particles, like antiprotons and unstable items like kaons ...

How big is a helium atom? Or maybe the better question is: How small? After an intricate game of particle jockeying, physicists have now measured the radius of the helium nucleus five times more ...

From the first seconds after the Big Bang to powering the Sun and enabling cutting-edge tech, helium’s story is one of cosmic and human ingenuity. Born in the hearts of stars and in the early universe ...

Why does the sun shine, and how does it avoid burning out? The sun's energy is produced through a process called fusion, where four hydrogen atoms fuse to create one helium atom. With around 10^57 ...

It has been a long-time dream of the human race to be able to harvest resources from other places in the solar system, but we're only now getting to a point, technologically speaking, when we can ...

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 ...