Liquid helium has helped build billion-dollar industries and generate multiple Nobel Prizes. Now our supply is running low.
NYTIMES.com: By Dr. DiVerdi is a chemistry professor. – Sept. 4, 2019
Liquid helium is a quiet engine of American research and business. It is essential to a broad range of technologies, from cutting-edge quantum computing to M.R.I. scanners in hospitals. It has fostered the development of billion-dollar industries, fueled essential lifesaving medical tools, supported work leading to more than 5,000 patents and helped generate multiple Nobel Prizes. In short, it is crucial to innovation. Read more…