Helium, a colourless, odourless, and non-toxic inert gas is the second most common element in the universe. Despite its abundance in space, helium is a finite resource here on Earth, found only in ...

A global helium shortage has doctors worried about one of the natural gas’s most essential, and perhaps unexpected, uses: MRIs. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

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, ...

When the liquid-helium dewar feeding an MRI scanner at a mid-sized U.S. hospital runs dry, the superconducting magnet warms, the scanner goes dark, and patients get rescheduled. “We used to order ...

New Delhi: The Iranian strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City on 2 March have sent a jolt through global helium markets, and the tremors have begun to reach India’s radiology suites. New ...

Industry’s first wide bore, high-performance helium-free [1] 1.5T MR features AI assistance at every step in the MRI workflow, with seamless integration of cloud-based AI image reading and reporting ...

Helium, which is required for MRI machines to function, is being rationed due to a global shortage Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021. The ...

Helium is essential to running an MRI machine. While the inert gas has always been subject to a somewhat volatile market, prices have been upended in recent weeks as the war in Iran spreads across the ...

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 29: Radiologist Arshid Azarine (R) consults with a medical team as they conduct an MRI scan on a patient at the Paris Saint-Joseph hospital on October 29, 2020 in Paris, France ...

A company called Cryogenic has developed a new way to cool magnets for MRI machines to near absolute zero without the need for a continuous supply of liquid helium. MRI (magnetic resonant imaging) ...