Silicon is so important for electronics and computing that it’s become synonymous with technology – even getting a valley named after it – but the stuff still has its flaws. Now, scientists have ...

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have harnessed the power of water and pressure within nanoporous silicon to generate electricity. This innovative approach, which relies solely on the ...

For over 75 years, silicon has been the dominant material in the evolution of modern electronics, powering everything from smartphones to satellites. But as chipmakers push toward smaller nodes, ...

Almost every week we hear of China trying a new trick to break free of the chip control that the US has imposed on it. But as ...

Historically, making a thin phone meant trading the usual battery for one that's slimmer and less robust. And what good is a thin phone with poor battery life? Up-and-coming silicon-carbon battery ...

Queen Mary University of London is starting a new partnership with Power Roll – an innovative solar startup – to take perovskite solar film from concept to reality. Perovskite has long been lauded as ...

Panasonic is collaborating with Sila Nanotechnologies, a California-based company co-founded by Tesla’s seventh employee, to improve lithium-ion battery anodes for electric vehicles (EVs). This new ...

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 the ...

The electric vehicle transition is really a story about China. There, subsidies have helped juice not just automakers, but the entire battery supply chain behind them. Those incentives, plus decades ...