Engineers have developed the first room-temperature, eye-safe, photopumped PCSEL by embedding silicon dioxide into photonic ...

The molten silicon has by this point started to crystallize, and the puller rod begins accumulating a cone of crystalline silicon in the same orientation as the seed crystal.

A crop of startups are deploying tools that let you search for people based on their faces, worrying privacy advocates and elected officials that the end of publicly anonymity is around the corner.

Silicon is the backbone of the semiconductor industry, but it's also interesting in its own right. Here's why it's so important in modern computing—and in many other applications.

Big Tech firms from Google to Meta Platforms Inc. face beefed up oversight and potential fines of as much as 10% of global sales for practices that hurt consumers, under sweeping new legislation ...

REC Silicon ASA faces delays in the shipment of ultra-high purity polysilicon due to unforeseen customs procedures affecting the qualification process. The company is actively working with ...

This video unveils the fascinating process of turning pure silicon into the chips that drive our devices. From silicon crystal growth and photolithography to advanced chip designs and quality ...

What's missing in "Silicon Valley," HBO's new sitcom about young turks of the tech industry? Only the obvious: Women. The show, which premiered Sunday night, is a spot-on satire from Mike Judge ...

Silicon cells are teetering on the brink of being properly competitive with fossil fuels, but a new way of doing things might push costs down dramatically. Perovskites could be that innovation.

A novel method for measuring tiny amounts of hydrogen-containing impurities allows researchers to determine growth rates along different directions in a quartz crystal.