Why not use helium, which weighs only one-seventh as much as air, to inflate airplane tires and thereby save precious cargo weight? This idea might have occurred to any ten-year-old, but it remained ...

Britain could be encouraged to leave its 'national repulsion' to heat pumps behind as a handful of companies are giving the tech an eco-friendly upgrade. Britain could choose to drop its reliance on ...

Air Products and Chemicals is helping launch military and commercial satellites into orbit by supplying helium and related equipment for Boeing’s Delta IV rocket program. Air Products on Tuesday ...

Seagate is a bit late to the helium party, but this week announced its first 10TB enterprise-class helium-filled 3.5-inch hard drive. Although they have yet to reach retail shelves (neither brick and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — You may remember helium from high school chemistry. It's an element that has 2 protons and two electrons, but it's not that simple anymore. While most people might associate helium with ...

Of all the things that can bring down a rocket, bubbles seem the most unlikely. They are a threat to rockets that use very cold liquid fuels, like the upper stage of NASA's new Ares 1 rocket, which ...

Thirty-eight years after it was first rejected, a technology to detect leaks in city's underground water pipelines has been revived by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Thirty-eight years ...