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World Service,3 mins

Tanzania's helium discovery

Focus on Africa

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The gas is key to many industries and not just filling party balloons. Could a big find under Tanzania end a global shortage? Professor Andrea Sella is a chemist at University College London. (Photo: shows helium-filled party balloons, but the gas is also key to advanced medical equipment including cancer-detecting MRI scanners and industrial processes)

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