When order gives way to chaos—the turbulent birth of magnetic nanovortices

Magnetic switching processes are considered a prime example of controllable physics at the nanometer scale: in certain thin-film systems, a short electrical current pulse is sufficient to reverse the ...
Science Daily

James Webb catches a giant helium cloud pouring off a puffy planet

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet WASP-107b, revealing a world with an enormously inflated, weakly bound ...
TPU News Service

TPU researchers: new "self-healing" coatings for thermonuclear reactors maintain structural integrity under irradiation

TPU researchers together with their colleagues studied how new multilayer (nanolaminate) coatings behave when irradiated with ...
Crude Oil Prices

Iran War Triggers Helium Shock Threatening Global Chip Supply

Qatar’s LNG disruption had a limited lasting impact on gas prices, but it triggered a severe helium shortage, disrupting up to 35% of global supply. The helium crunch is hitting semiconductor ...
Android Authority

Helium Mobile’s too-good-to-be-true free plan finally hits a dead end (Updated: Statement)

Helium Mobile has discontinued its Zero Plan, which previously offered limited data, texts, and minutes for free. Despite users claiming forced migration, the company states that current Zero Plan ...
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New optical-coupled scanning probe microscope sees atoms and molecules without liquid helium

The system uses a remote liquefaction scheme to deliver continuous cooling without mechanical vibrations, enabling ångström-resolution imaging without the need of liquid helium. Optical-coupled ...
Forbes

Helium Crisis Tightens Grip On Global Chip Supply Chain

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. RAS LAFFAN PORT, QATAR - March, 2017: (SOUTH AFRICA OUT): The port of Ras Laffan, north of ...
Business Insider

The Iran war has spiked helium prices. Here's which products and industries could get more expensive.

Helium prices have skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war. Qatar, which supplies a third of the world's helium, has had production disrupted. Helium is a critical input for industries like ...
Newsweek

America Has a Helium Problem

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The war in Iran has helped drive a global energy shock, sending oil and ...
The Conversation

The world’s supply of helium is being threatened by the Iran war

The war in the Middle East has disrupted the world’s supply of helium. Qatar produces about a third of global helium, but attacks on its gas infrastructure have forced production to stop. At the same ...
Entrepreneur

A Helium Shortage Is About to Hit the Chip Industry. Here’s Why That’s a Huge Problem.

Chip makers have a big problem they can’t manufacture their way out of. When Iran struck Qatar’s largest liquefied natural gas facility last week, it damaged helium production lines that could take ...