Iran's attacks on Qatar's natural gas infrastructure have disrupted global helium supplies, threatening semiconductor manufacturing, medical imaging and space industries worldwide ... .
Best known as the gas that makes party balloons float, helium is also a key input in chipmaking, space rockets and medical imaging. Qatar supplies a third of the world's helium, according to the U.S ... Qatar's role in helium supply.
Helium is well known as the gas that makes balloons float and voices higher, but it's also found in some hard drives. Here's how it's advancing disk technology ... .
Best known as the gas that makes party balloons float, helium is also a key input in chipmaking, space rockets and medical imaging ... helium exports by 14%.
Supply allocations are being set by who needs the gas the most. Semiconductors are at the "top of the pecking order," said helium consultant Phil Kornbluth ... .