Interlune Develops Cryogenic Technology to Expand Helium-3 Supply for Quantum Computing
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Interlune’s Cold Capture tech claiming 99% pure helium-3 and a potential tripling of U.S. supply turns a niche isotope into a more realistic input for quantum and fusion experiments. Quantum hardware teams should start planning as if He-3 scarcity will ease over the next cycle — the bottleneck shifts back to device physics and fabrication, not fuel.
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