Quantum shell structure reveals new rule for proton-neutron pairing inside nuclei

Nuclear physicists used a little magic in their latest experiment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

A novel strategy to predict the phase diagram of nickel-cobalt alloys

Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed a new hybrid methodology that combines quantum mechanics and ...
Scientific American

The next quantum revolution may require a helium ‘gold rush’ on the moon

Since time immemorial, humans gazing up at the moon have asked grand questions. Where did it come from? Why does it wax and wane? Is it made of cheese? We now have responses to most of these (“a giant ...
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 ...
Foreign Policy

The Hormuz Hit to Helium

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Analysis: The Hormuz Hit to Helium Create an FP account ...
The Motley Fool

The War in Iran Just Created a Helium Shortage That Could Cripple the Chip Industry. Here's the 1 Stock That Benefits.

When Iranian forces attacked Qatar's LNG facilities and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to Western commercial shipping beginning in early March 2026, the immediate media conversation focused ...
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 is not normally thought of as a critical resource. Its reputation is more centered around filling party balloons. But the natural-gas byproduct is integral to large swaths of everyday life — ...
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 ...
Times Union

Global helium scare rattles semiconductor industry

The GlobalFoundries Fab 8 campus in Malta. Like other chipmakers, GlobalFoundries uses helium to make computer chips. Helium supplies are constrained after the world's largest helium factory in Qatar ...