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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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Privatizing the US national helium reserve. Gonna laugh when in a few years the government of another nation ends up owning it. Helium is dwindling finite resource that key technological infrastructure relies upon.

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[-] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 37 points 10 months ago

Can't wait to listen to all my analytical chemistry friends complain about how helium is too expensive and how they have to design new procedures.

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

I've helped people make procedures with nitrogen and hydrogen based on studies that use helium because helium is too expensive. Not being able to do an MRI because you need helium is nightmare inducing.