Transition metals have long been used as catalysts to activate small molecules and turn them into valuable products. However, ...

At a different extreme, pure fused silicon ("fused quartz") makes a type of glass so unfazed by thermal strain that it can survive submersion in water while red-hot. (Fused quartz glass is the ...

REC Silicon is shutting a polysilicon plant in Moses Lake, Washington, that has struggled to achieve customers’ quality requirements. The plant is one of only a few in the US that manufactures ...

Over four years ago, Apple announced that it was going to stop using Intel processors in its Macs and start using its own silicon. At the time, it sounded like a daunting task, but feasible thanks ...

Scientists say they have reached "a critical inflection point" after developing a technology that makes silicon-based quantum processors more viable. Quantum computing company Equal1 has created a ...

Few lawmakers have done more than Rep. French Hill, a 68-year-old former community banker from Arkansas, to woo Silicon Valley’s support on Capitol Hill — and it just helped him rise to the ...

REC Silicon announced it is ceasing production at its Moses Lake, Washington facility that produced polysilicon used in solar manufacturing. The reason given for the shutdown was the inability to ...

To take advantage of this, De Koninck et al. prepared millimetre-long trenches, up to 120 nanometres wide and 300 nm deep, in silicon dioxide (a dielectric) with silicon exposed at the base.

REC Silicon announced that it is ceasing production at its Moses Lake, Washington, facility. The company shut down its polysilicon production facility in Montana earlier this year as well. REC Silicon ...

MOSES LAKE — Owners of REC Silicon have announced the company will end production at its Moses Lake facility, beginning immediately, according to a press release issued Monday. The shutdown is ...