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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago

The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried.

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The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried.

www.nbcnews.com

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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago

MRI machines need thousands of liters of liquid helium to function. Health care workers say they can’t afford any disruptions to the helium supply chain.

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We don’t know any economical way to synthesise helium. Nuclear fusion exists.
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  Not in a way that could be scaled up to even cover the childrens birthday parties of a medium sized city.

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