The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

Sure, an MRI machine can put out some serious electromagnetic ... Some speculated that the helium is small enough to get into the MEMS devices like the accelerometer or gyroscope that is in ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

Researchers from Japan and Taiwan reveal for the first time that helium, usually considered chemically inert, can bond with iron under high pressures. They used a laser-heated diamond anvil cell to ...