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Geotimes
November 2003
Lisa Corathers |
Mineral Resource of the Month: Silicon The Silicon Commodity Specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey has compiled this information about silicon, an extremely versatile mineral with many applications in the manufacture of iron and steel, aluminum alloys, chemicals, and electronic microchips.   |
Technology Research News
March 9, 2005 |
Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2005
Salvatore Coffa |
Light From Silicon For decades, silicon was a semiconducting dim bulb, but now we can make it into LEDs that match the best made from more exotic materials |
Chemistry World
October 2007
Philip Ball |
The Crucible Feel free to make photovoltaics better. But don't forget they have to be cheaper, too. |
Scientific American
August 2005
Steven Ashley |
Making Light of Silicon Scientists at UCLA and Intel have obtained coherent photons of light from silicon. This low cost alternative to "exotic" semiconductor materials currently used as lasers will pave the way for many technological advances. |
Science News
February 28, 2009
Sid Perkins |
Book Review: Sand: The Never-Ending Story By Michael Welland Sand, despite what one character in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind claims, is more than just tiny little rocks. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2005
Dan Bloom |
Intel's Optical Breakthrough The chipmaker may open new tech frontiers by teaching silicon and light to cooperate. |
Chemistry World
February 14, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Efficient solar cells from silicon wires US researchers have designed a new silicon-based solar cell which uses 100 times less silicon than conventional photovoltaic devices. |
Chemistry World
November 18, 2014
Tim Wogan |
New silicon allotrope could revolutionize solar cells A new, direct band gap allotrope of silicon has been synthesized by researchers in the US. It could potentially revolutionize solar cells and light-emitting devices. |
PC Magazine
March 14, 2007
Dylan Tweney |
What's Inside Your Laptop? We reveal the components inside a typical notebook PC and explain where they come from. |
AskMen.com
Thomas Leen |
The Sand Trap For some, this is the scariest place on the golf course. Between the term "trap," and what can actually happen to your ball there, it can be a little frightening. Sand traps have the ability to intimidate even the most skilled players every now and then... |
Technology Research News
February 9, 2005 |
All-silicon chip laser demoed Researchers from Intel have moved a step forward in the push to meld lasers and silicon chips, which could eventually be used in portable biological and chemical sensors, to amplify communications signals, and to convert light to different wavelengths. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2011
Richard Stevenson |
Silicon Is Key to Quest for $5 LED Lightbulb Bridgelux process grows gallium-nitride on high-volume silicon wafers |
Chemistry World
April 20, 2015
Andy Extance |
Longer-lived oxides offer silicon synthesis boost Silicon and oxygen have been harnessed into previously unknown chemistry by US researchers, opening up a new 'world in a grain of sand'. |
Chemistry World
November 18, 2015
Nelly Berg |
A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling South Korean scientists have developed a sustainable process to reclaim silicon wafers from old solar panels and used the salvaged silicon to build new solar cells. |
Chemistry World
January 20, 2010
James Urquhart |
Disilicate synthesis success A compound containing a stable silicon-silicon bond between two negatively charged pentacoordinated silicon atoms - silicates - has been synthesized and isolated for the first time by Japanese researchers. |
Technology Research News
September 8, 2004 |
Pure Crystal Promises Hardy Chips Silicon carbide is hardier than than the plain silicon most computer chips are made from, and so theoretically could be a useful material for computer chips that must withstand extreme environments and high-power applications. |
