Helium is the most common element in the universe besides hydrogen, but despite this universal abundance it is surprisingly difficult to come across on Earth. Part of the problem is that it is ...

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UW graduate student Lauren Kim operates the ultra-high vacuum system housing a Scanning Tunneling Microscope for her research in condensed matter physics. The instrument operates at ultra-low ...

Peter Klavins in the Helium Recovery Facility at the UC Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy. The new facility allows researchers to save on helium, which is limited in supply and increasing in ...

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 ...

Harvard is running out of helium — and it is no laughing matter. A global helium shortage is affecting all sorts of consumers, ranging from the National Weather Service, to party-supply stores, to ...

Helium shortages can derail research and threaten expensive instruments that depend on the gas to operate safely. In late 2020, analysts predicted—and we reported—that pressures on the global helium ...

Why is the availability of helium becoming a pressing concern for research labs, and what unique challenges does it pose? The high cost of helium is a big issue most researchers face, especially if ...