silicon

New device is able to detect trace amounts of nitroaromatic compounds and can be applied to identify the majority of explosives or highly toxic pollutants for medical and forensic evaluations

The RS-5400 provides high resolution and high sensitivity for remote sensing applications for in situ field measurements

Hiding from infrared detectors could become much easier, thanks to a new cloaking material that renders objects—and people—practically invisible

Oxide electronics materials are poised to expand the way we think about the functions of traditional silicon-based electronic devices such as cell phones or computers

The quantum computer of the future will be able to carry out computations far beyond the capacity of today's computers

Researchers and manufacturers have long sought a way to replace graphite with silicon as the default choice of active material for anodes in lithium-ion batteries 

A reimagining of today's computer chips by Australian and Dutch engineers shows how a quantum computer can be manufactured—using mostly standard silicon technology

Silicon carbide (SiC) power devices can be used to more efficiently regulate power in technologies that use electronics

The augmented material could lead to the development of fully integrated silicon photonics

Scientists persuade nature to make silicon-carbon bonds