An international research team led by the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has measured the radius of the nucleus of muonic helium ...

Fusion energy is the process of forcing two hydrogen atoms to combine and form one helium atom, which releases huge amounts of energy. Type One Energy, a startup in Tennessee, claims to have proven ...

Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered how solar activity affects the velocity distribution and evolution of ...

Wyoming already produces 20% of the world’s Grade A helium supply from one plant east of Kemmerer. Now it’s about to get ...

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 ...

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 ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. A helium atom has two electrons in an energy level outside the nucleus. The atom is neutral as it has two positive ...

The atom is neutral as it has two positive protons and two negative electrons. A helium atom that has lost or gained an electron is an ion. The ion has two positive protons but one electron so it ...

A scientists studies helium gas released from the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Photo taken in October 1983. (Image credit: James L. Amos/Getty Images) But it's unlikely that there is ...