Foremost among silicon's distinguishing features is that, quite simply, there is a hell of a lot of it. After oxygen, it's the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust -- but don't expect to ...

Silicon chemistry has experienced substantial growth as researchers explore the rich and varied coordination behaviour of silicon centres. Of particular interest are coordination compounds where ...

"Defying climate change calls for new approaches in breaking down greenhouse gases," Professor Jan Paradies of Paderborn ...

Felice Grandinetti is in the Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest Systems, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy, and at the Institute for Biological Systems, CNR, ...

Silicon is the element to thank for the computer you're using to read these words. A crucial component in microelectronics and computer chips, this extremely common element is also responsible for ...

The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...

LONDON — Motorola Inc.'s corporate research laboratories (Schaumburg, Ill.) have developed a way of laying compound semiconductor layers onto silicon wafers that researchers claim could cut the cost ...

Webb detects silane in a nearby brown dwarf, solving the mystery of the disappearance of silicon in the atmospheres of giant ...