by Kathi Leiden | Apr 25, 2017 | Helium, Helium Science
Every few years you’ll hear about a helium shortage and that the world is running out. One of the questions we hear is, “Can we make helium?” We can make almost anything In this day and age, it seems humans can manufacture almost anything. Our species has...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 30, 2016 | Helium, Helium News
Scientists searching the volcanic Tanzanian Rift Valley have found a massive helium reserve that ranks as one of the largest ever found on our planet. You may have heard talk or watched passing news stories about “helium shortages” at some point in the past few years,...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 5, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Helium is a finite resource on Earth, but the sun mass produces the stuff. Through an idea called stellar lifting, we might one day extract helium from the sun. Helium shortages Every 4 or 5 years, the world seems to find itself in another helium shortage. Right now,...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 21, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
Like any other market, the helium market fluctuates depending on supply, but new research suggests we may have more helium than we realized. Led by Diveena Danabalan, a team of researchers from Durham and Oxford Universities studied natural gas samples from 22...
by Kathi Leiden | Jun 23, 2015 | Helium
Every five or so years, the helium industry experiences a demand that exceeds the supply. Furthermore, helium isn’t cheap, regardless of times of surplus or shortage. If you want to save your dollars and get the most out of every molecule of the notoriously...
