several research organisations have released statements on the scarcity and conservation of helium. these organisations released policy recommendations as early as 1995 and as late as 2016 urging the united states government to store and conserve helium because of the natural limits to the helium supply and the unique nature of the element. for researchers, helium is irreplaceable because it is essential for producing very low temperatures. helium at low temperatures is used in cryogenics, and in certain cryogenics applications. liquid helium is used to cool certain metals to the extremely low temperatures required for superconductivity, such as in superconducting magnets for magnetic resonance imaging.