Helium boils at 4.2 kelvin - colder than anything else on the periodic table. Superconducting magnets in MRI machines must be ...

When the liquid-helium dewar feeding an MRI scanner at a mid-sized U.S. hospital runs dry, the superconducting magnet warms, ...

Scientists can now reliably chill specimens near absolute zero for over 10 hours while taking images resolved to the level of individual atoms with an electron microscope. The new capability comes ...

The blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is affecting not only oil, but the global helium supply. The blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is not just blocking oil shipments. NPR's Lilly Quiroz reports it's ...

The challenge: seeing atoms without freezing the budgetOptical-coupled scanning probe microscopes (OC-SPM) can visualize individual atoms and probe ...

The gas keeping the world's MRI scanners running and AI chips cool is suddenly in critically short supply. Six ASX-listed ...

While probing single molecules or atoms typically requires liquid helium—a costly resource—to build a stable environment, a new development from a joint Chinese research team changes the game. By ...

Cell phones, MRIs, and space research are among the things that could get more expensive as helium prices spike.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Thursday, the U.S. government sold the Federal Helium Reserve, a massive underground stockpile based in Amarillo, Texas, that ...

Conflict in Iran drives up oil and gas prices and raises concerns about liquid helium shortages for medical use, with ...