The forests and wetlands in northern Minnesota stored helium-3, a fuel expected to be found as a resource on the Moon’s ...

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 ...

Scientists are tracing ancient helium trapped beneath South Africa’s gold fields, revealing how rare gas survives for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Population III (PopIII) stars represent astronomy's ultimate prize: the first generation of stars born from the pristine hydrogen and helium created in the Big Bang. These theoretical giants, ...

On Thursday, the U.S. government sold the Federal Helium Reserve, a massive underground stockpile based in Amarillo, Texas, that supplies up to 30% of the country’s helium. Once the deal is finalized, ...

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 ...

The Company is pleased to announce the spudding of the State-9 development well at its Galactica helium project in Las Animas County, Colorado. This is the sixth well to be drilled in the Galactica ...

Helium is crucial to all kinds of technologies, including MRI scanners and semiconductors. But it’s produced in only a few places. MIT Technology Review is celebrating our 125th anniversary with an ...