These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...

Earth appears to be a chill blue planet, but deep down, it’s really a metalhead. Its outer core is mostly molten iron (and ...

Researchers from Japan and Taiwan reveal for the first time that helium, usually considered chemically inert, can bond with iron under high pressures. They used a laser-heated diamond anvil cell to ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

The researchers used a diamond anvil cell that was heated with a laser and observed the interaction of helium with iron. This discovery challenges conventional theories about the internal structure of ...

For decades, noble gases like helium have been considered chemically inert, refusing to form stable bonds under normal conditions. But new research challenges this assumption, revealing that helium ...

Researchers from Japan and Taiwan reveal for the first time that helium, usually considered chemically inert, can bond with ...

A recent discovery changes our understanding of helium, a gas considered inert, by revealing its ability to bond with iron ...

The surprise discovery that one of the lightest elements in the Universe can bind to iron under high pressure to form iron ...

Iron can form compounds with helium at pressures as low as 5GPa – about 50,000 atmospheres – researchers in Japan report.