MRI machines need thousands of liters of liquid helium to function. Health care workers say they can’t afford any disruptions to the helium supply chain.
  • NaibofTabrEnglish
    20•1 year ago

    the only element on Earth cold enough to make an MRI machine work.

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    liquid helium, the Earth’s coldest element,

    What the fuck? The author clearly failed middle school science class. How did this article get past editorial review?

        • @Guest_User@lemmy.world
          1•1 year ago

          I kind of seeing like saying “the world’s fastest car”. It’s inferred that it has the ability to do that, not the the car never slows down or helium never heats up. Idk my 2c