Silicon is the understated hero of the modern world, found in everything from CPUs and medical implants to precious stones, window glass, and bakeware. But what makes silicon so special?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The lack of methods for preparing miniature lasers directly on silicon wafers is holding back photonic technology in a range of applications, including machine learning. The solution could be to ...

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 ...

(The leftmost number is the principal quantum number, much like the discrete but increasing circular orbits of the Bohr atom ... and it's easiest via Feynman diagrams. "Two-loops" refers to ...