Helium is well known as the gas that makes balloons float and voices higher, but it's also found in some hard drives. Here's how it's advancing disk technology.

The Iran war is tightening global tech supply chains by cutting off helium from Qatar, a key source of the gas used in advanced industries like chipmaking.

A global supply disruption of helium, triggered by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, is raising concerns for India’s healthcare sector, particularly due to its impact on MRI costs. But what is it about this seemingly simple gas that makes it so critical — and what must an aspirant know?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Quantum physicists observed atoms entangled in motion for the first time, using helium atoms with mass and gravity, opening new ways to explore how quantum mechanics interacts with gravity.

The heated race to achieve the extreme cold that quantum technologies demand may have a frontrunner. Chinese scientists have developed an alloy that almost reaches absolute zero, the coldest possible temperature,

Helium is critical for operating MRI machines. Helium in its liquid state is used to cool the intensely powerful superconducting magnets that are at the heart of these machines. Qatar supplies a third of the world’s helium,

Connecticut has spent years trying to curb balloon releases. Now, some lawmakers want to take a different approach by targeting the helium that makes the balloons float. A bill be

Pulsar Helium, which confirmed some of the highest concentrations of helium on the continent at a well on private land, is now eyeing state leases, too. Jack Gibbons, senior geologist at Pulsar Helium, talks about exploring helium reservoirs using the ...