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The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. MRI machines need thousands of liters of liquid helium to function. Health care workers say they can’t afford
03/24/26 10:05 AM






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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable coolant that makes MRI scanners and advanced microchips possible



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