Renergen, South Africa’s first integrated producer of liquefied helium and liquefied natural gas (LNG) saw its share price surging by more than 78% on May 20, following an announcement of its ...

The helium shortage is potentially deflating for a range of purposes: airbags, rocket fuel, MRIs, fiber optics, semiconductors, and, yes, balloons.

Helium expands wireless internet coverage through the use of blockchain technology. Helium is now expanding to 5G to support cell phones. Despite a questionable past, the new 5G model could grow ...

Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for alternatives in places like Yellowstone, Tanzania's Rukwa Rift and India's Bakreswar-Tantloi ...

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Fewer than 10 countries in the world produce helium. South Africa will be the latest, when Renergen starts commercial production of the critical gas.

KidsPost Helium isn’t just for balloons. It’s a valuable technology resource. The element -- which is rare on Earth -- is used in rockets, smartphones and medical equipment.

Helium is also used in the manufacturing of the semiconductors (computer chips), which are at the heart of electronic devices.

A helium shortage might mean you can’t get the medical scans you need. Here’s why MRI machines need liquid helium to super-cool their magnets. But is the gas really irreplaceable?

The telescopes could check to see if there is an unusually large amount of helium in the atmospheres of some of these planets. If the theory is correct, these planets with helium-rich atmospheres ...

Fewer than 10 countries in the world produce helium. South Africa will be the latest, when Renergen starts commercial production of the critical gas.