Helium is notoriously hard to contain because, like hydrogen, it is a tiny little atom even by atomic standards. It also expands about 750 times when it turns into a gas, according to the post’s ...

For example, a helium atom has an atomic mass of 4, but an atomic number (or positive charge) of 2. Since electrons have almost no mass, it seemed that something besides the protons in the nucleus ...

Kelley's group used the surface interactions of a helium beam with a niobium surface to capture how atom scattering and phonon excitation interacted with each other. This allowed them to create ...

Helium can be found in certain parts of the world, notably in Texas, as a minor component in some sources of natural gas. The interesting thing is how this gas gets into the ground in the first place.

While protons and neutrons are well-known and stable constituents of an atom, hyperons are unstable and are made up of either one or more quarks. Spotted in cosmic rays more than seven decades ago ...

A helium atom has two electrons in an energy level outside the nucleus. The atom is neutral as it has two positive protons and two negative electrons. A helium atom that has lost or gained an ...