The Iran war has scattered the highly concentrated helium supply chain, knocking out a significant share of global production ...

At the same time, Iran is blocking the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, through which Qatar ...

Over the past decade, helium has become more scarce and more expensive,” one scientist who relies on the element told ...

The Iran war is putting the already limited supply of helium at risk.

A global helium shortage has doctors worried about one of the natural gas’s most essential, and perhaps unexpected, uses: MRIs. Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons ...

Did you realize that just like certain animals here on Earth, there are endangered elements, too? For example, we’re constantly losing helium, a gas that defies gravity and escapes our atmosphere into ...

Discovered in the 1800s in the solar spectrum, helium has been an element that has eluded humans for centuries. Despite being listed as one of the most abundant elements in the universe, this noble ...

We hear a lot about shortages these days, with good reason. The list includes ICs, baby formula, rare-earth mineral, lower-cost energy sources, food, housing, skilled employees…it’s a long list. While ...