{"id":148688,"date":"2026-03-27T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148688"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:00:12","slug":"from-semiconductors-to-medical-tech-iran-war-puts-helium-users-on-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148688","title":{"rendered":"From semiconductors to medical tech, Iran war puts helium users on edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeyond oil, the Middle East conflict is fuelling fears of a shortage of helium \u2013 a by-product of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production that is critical for semiconductors, aerospace applications and high-end medical equipment.<br \/>\nThe medical sector is on alert, as magnetic resonance imaging machines depend on liquid helium to cool their superconducting magnets, and a supply crunch could jeopardise diagnostic services.<br \/>\nA warning from Marc Johnson, a virologist and professor at the University of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3348153\/semiconductors-medical-tech-iran-war-puts-helium-users-edge?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeyond oil, the Middle East conflict is fuelling fears of a shortage of helium \u2013 a by-product of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production that&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148688"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}