Used in everything from critical medical technology to AI development, helium is irreplaceable. Learn how Earth is running ...

The helium gas cylinder was reportedly used to inflate children's balloons for commercial purposes.

The Strait of Hormuz crisis has created a global helium shortage, but one chip manufacturer is better positioned than its competitors to weather it.

The war in Iran has taken almost a third of the world’s helium off the market, moving supply of the critical material from a surplus before the war to a shortage in some regions ...

Helium is needed in health care and to make microchips and semiconductors, but the Middle East war has affected supply. Some ...

image: Helium is a gas vital for MRI scanners and high-tech industry – which is suffering from severe supply issues. Now research has identified a new concept in helium gas field formation that will ...

Standardizing calculations of the helium byproducts generated in advanced fission and fusion energy system materials can increase reactor safety and longevity, according to a study led by University ...

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As the volcanic island of El Hierro, the smallest of Spain's Canary Islands, rumbled and groaned over the course of seven months in 2011 and 2012, gases silently percolated up through the island's ...

Helium is to be included on Tanzania’s new critical and strategic minerals list, which is expected to be officially published ...