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Chemistry World May 30, 2013 Mark Peplow |
Helium reserves under pressure Helium is an essential element in modern chemistry. Now the fate of one of the world's main sources of the gas hangs in the balance and the global helium market faces a period of turbulence that could send prices soaring. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2013 Laura Howes |
Senate bill aims to soothe helium market The US Senate has passed a bill that will let the government continue selling off its stockpiled helium, in an attempt to prevent a disruption of supply that could adversely affect researchers around the world. |
Chemistry World November 1, 2013 Patrick Walter |
Air Products looks for alternative helium sources Worries over global helium supplies have led US specialist gas supplier Air Products to search out new sources of the gas. |
Wired March 24, 2008 |
Three Smart Things You Should Know About Helium Some unknown facts about this second periodic element. |
Scientific American |
Whatever Happened to...? Helium shortage... Cytokine storm... Martian dust threat... Novel HIV drug... |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2008 Toby Shute |
These Companies Are a Gas The industrial gas supply industry is reporting strong results, but are the stocks a buy? |
Chemistry World February 26, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Yellowstone spews out ancient helium Researchers have found that huge amounts of helium are being released through steam plumes in the US's Yellowstone National Park, having been stored in the Earth's crust for billions of years. |
Science News March 29, 2008 |
Timeline: From the March 26, 1938, issue World fairs planned to show the sciences in action... Helium, sun element, soon to hold airship aloft again... 800 mile-an-hour insect debunked by science... |
Geotimes February 2004 Sara Pratt |
Fire cooks rock clocks A new field study has confirmed what models had previously predicted: The intense heat of wildfires can reset the helium "clock" in rocks, making them appear younger than they are. |
Science News June 24, 2006 |
From the June 20, 1936, issue Lightning portrait repays patience of photographer... Stars and comets affected by cosmic radiation... Helium suggested as new preventive of "the bends"... |
Chemistry World October 1, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Just add helium for metallic nanotubes Adding helium gas when making carbon nanotubes encourages many more of them to grow in the useful metallic form, US researchers have found. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Helium -- the disappearing element Helium -- the disappearing element delivers a whistle-stop tour of the element's history and its scientific importance in space and on Earth. |
Chemistry World October 16, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Helium happily shares electrons to create dianions Helium invariably sits with its arms tightly folded and refuses to participate in chemistry, but turns out to be surprisingly generous when it is in the right environment, willing to donate not just one but two electrons to neighboring species. |
Chemistry World January 2011 |
Critical thinking The west relies on China to supply rare earths, but as China's domestic demand grows, alternatives are desperately required. As our supply of some essential elements dries up, it's time to start urban mining. |