Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, ...

An explanation of the potential risks and safety concerns associated with helium balloons ...

Michael Corcoran, a former captain for the Clinton Police Department Marine Control and avid fisherman, said that he often comes across floating debris in his boat from helium balloons that drift far ...

Balloons like the massive ones that adorn the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year may be one of the most well-known uses of helium, but they’re far from the only one. The natural gas byproduct ...

Helium quietly keeps MRI scanners, semiconductor factories and quantum computers running. But even though global supply is scarce, Australia may be ...