Helium, which is required for MRI machines to function, is being rationed due to a global shortage The global helium shortage is sparking concerns across the medical community. Doctors around the ...

In context: Helium is an element that most of us take for granted. We use it to float birthday balloons. It is also a component in some electronics, such as helium-filled hard drives. Magnetic ...

A shortage of helium that has been plaguing businesses that sell lighter-than-air balloons is also affecting the operation of MRI scanners. A variety of conditions let to the shortages--from wildfires ...

A U.S. Senate committee last week passed the Helium Stewardship Act, designed to alleviate a helium shortage by enabling the Secretary of the Interior to continue selling crude helium from the Federal ...

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As hospitals and health systems worry over the unsteady supply of helium, a necessary element for MRI machines, Royal Philips installed its thousandth “virtually helium-free MRI,” the company said Feb ...

One of the most abundant elements in the universe is getting harder to come by. Helium goes into a lot more than balloons. Because the gas is inert and has extreme melting and boiling points—both near ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helium, a critical component in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, has gone through two potential shortage crises, impacting hospitals and patients around the globe.

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The global helium shortage is sparking concerns across the medical community. Doctors around the country have expressed worry that a lack of helium, the coldest element on Earth, could soon create ...