First of all, we'd better look at how balloons are released. When helium filled balloons are handed out at public events, they usually come with a piece of string or ribbon attached. The ...

Multiple fires broke out during New Year's celebrations in China, sparked by hydrogen-filled balloons, causing chaos but no ...

Have you ever watched a parade and wondered how those giant balloons float so gracefully through the sky? It’s like magic, ...

If you want to buy a helium-filled balloon for a celebration, then it's likely you'll be paying a bit more for the privilege. "Prices just keep going up and up," says Steve Durnford, director of ...

While there's a clear benefit to using helium instead of air in a mechanical hard drive, those benefits are largely worth the ...

Booming business on e-commerce sites and big-box retailers has also been making it hard for chains such as Party City, which ...

Helium-filled balloons have been blamed for causing hundreds of train delays for passengers across the UK each year. Network Rail wants to highlight what it says is a growing problem. The rail ...

Hello, this week we're almost at the top of the periodic table because we're taking a look at the lighter than air gas helium. But for this chemist a helium filled bobbing balloon is actually a source ...

Google’s Loon project aims to bring internet access to rural and remote communities worldwide, using an aerial wireless network of high-altitude, helium-filled balloons floating on the edge of ...

You're sitting in a car that's not moving. Also in the car is a helium-filled balloon, which is resting up against the car's ceiling somewhere near its middle. The driver hits the gas and the car ...

“Belco crews responded to the outage, removed the balloon and restored power to all customers after approximately two hours and 20 minutes,” Ms Leman said. “Impacts of helium-filled balloons ...