Do you know just 25 tonnes of helium-3 (a rare isotope of helium) would be enough to power the US for an entire year? However, Earth’s atmosphere receives only a small quantity of helium from ...

Groundwater is water stored beneath the Earth's surface in the spaces between rocks and sediments, collectively known as aquifers.

Dr Anran Cheng (lead author) preparing equipment in the Ballentine Laboratory for the measurement of helium isotopes in geological samples. Credit: John Cairns. Dr Anran Cheng (lead author ...

Revealing the energy potential of the moon: Helium-3 could be the power of the future One of these isotopes that could change everything is Helium-3. Unlike traditional nuclear fuels, helium-3 does ...

Recent studies have made significant advancements in understanding the hyperfine structure, tune-out frequencies, and the effects of QED in helium-like ions and lithium isotopes. One of the key ...

Berkeley Lab geochemist B. Mack Kennedy used this mass spectrometer (foreground) to determine helium isotope ratios in samples of surface fluids from the northern Basin and Range. Disclaimer ...

Credit: Interlune GOLDEN, Colorado — Interlune, a Seattle-based company of former Blue Origin technologists, has set its sights on the moon’s supply of Helium-3 — a rare heavy isotope ...

helium-4 and krypton-81) to help Member States better assess and manage their river and groundwater resources. The Section also aims to strengthen the self-reliance of Member States in using isotope ...

In an experiment performed at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) in Osaka in Japan, the existence of preformed helium nuclei at the surface of several tin isotopes could be identified in a ...

The isotope helium-3 is to be used in nuclear fusion and in quantum computers. The US company Interlune wants to mine it on the moon. Helium-3, which consists of two protons and one neutron ...