Monthly Archives: May 2019

Exploration In Western Canada Could Hold The Answer To The Global Helium Shortage

The world is currently experiencing its third major helium shortage in the past 14 years, putting science and industry at risk. Helium is a key gas used in industries like space exploration, health care and technology. While everyone is familiar … Continue reading

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Battle Of The Elements: Helium’s Crucial Role In Physics

Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, our science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this instalment, Michael Banks highlights how helium leads to great … Continue reading

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How The Helium Shortage Will Impact Your Healthcare

Don’t take the current shortage of helium lightly. Filling all those giant Hello Kitty balloons in your bedroom is not the only important use of helium. This element serves very important roles in healthcare, and it can be super-cool. That’s … Continue reading

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Global Helium Shortage Impacts Local Small Business

Bart Benton just expanded his party supply business Blue Phoenix Entertainment, which includes helium tanks and balloons. “I’m just getting into it,” he says. “Then all of a sudden, everybody’s backing away, or moving away, or changing their focus on … Continue reading

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Humanity Is Thoughtlessly Wasting An Essential, Non-Renewable Resource: Helium

The most common use of helium in the world is to fill single-use balloons with it, as demonstrated by the vendors shown here in Warsaw, Poland. There is a global helium shortage, and every single act of wastefulness such as … Continue reading

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