Monthly Archives: January 2020

Helium Market is Anticipated To Expand at a CAGR of ~4% During The Forecast Period

The global helium market was valued at ~US$ 2.4 Bn in 2018, and is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of ~4% during the forecast period. Based on type, the gas segment held a dominant share of the global helium … Continue reading

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North American Helium Raises $17.8 Million and Announces Appointment of New CFO

CALGARY, Alberta-North American Helium Inc. (“NAH” or the “Company”) today announced the Company has closed a non-brokered common share equity financing of approximately $17.8 million. Proceeds from the financing will be used primarily to advance the Company’s exploration and development … Continue reading

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NASA Creates Technologies To Gather Great Observatory Science From A Balloon

NASA Scientist Al Kogut has found a way to do Hubble Space Telescope-class science from a relatively inexpensive scientific balloon and is well on the way to proving the concept. If he succeeds, the technology he’s developing under the Balloon-borne … Continue reading

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A Technique For Spatial Resolution Improvement in Helium‐beam Radiography

Purpose Ion‐beam radiography exhibits a significantly lower spatial resolution (SR) compared to X‐ray radiography. This is mostly due the multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) that the ions undergo in the imaged object. In this work, a novel technique to improve the … Continue reading

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Northwestern Researchers Develop a New Portable Neutron Detector

Researchers at Northwestern and Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new neutron detector that is both compact and effective. Traditionally, many pre-existing neutron detectors consist of a semiconducting part with a neutron-absorbing layer on top. For this new neutron detector, … Continue reading

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