Used in everything from critical medical technology to AI development, helium is irreplaceable. Learn how Earth is running out of it. Helium is one of those chemical elements we’ve all heard of, but ...

Lorraine Boissoneault | Author, Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene Throughout the mid-1800s, improvements on the spectroscope allowed physicists to more accurately measure the ...

Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, our science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this instalment, ...

Helium is crucial to all kinds of technologies, including MRI scanners and semiconductors. But it’s produced in only a few places. MIT Technology Review is celebrating our 125th anniversary with an ...