Applied Materials (AMAT) shares surged 8% during Wednesday trading after the semiconductor equipment manufacturer revealed a pair of new chipmaking tools designed to operate with atomic-level ...

Silicon is ubiquitous in modern electronics, and now it is becoming increasingly useful in quantum computing. In particular, silicon's compatibility with existing chip technology and its long ...

Chemists may soon have one less rigorous step to worry about when searching for the right molecules to accomplish their highly specific innovation needs. Scientists have now built a new machine ...

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Most of the world’s ethylene is produced from fossil fuels, generating large amounts of CO₂ while industries still need carbon-based chemicals and fuels. Researchers used a bismuth-copper alloy ...

Chinese brands have been using silicon-carbon batteries for years, so why hasn’t Samsung? We asked Samsung execs directly, and while they’re being cautious — understandably so after the Galaxy Note 7 ...

Silicon Valley remains one of the most productive and wealthy regions in the world. But the latest Silicon Valley Index — an annual report produced by Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a nonprofit think ...

New Zealand-based fusion energy startup OpenStar Technologies says it has become the first commercial company in the world to successfully create and confine plasma using a levitated dipole reactor.

996 work culture is spreading in Silicon Valley and leading to burnout, two AI researchers say. The competitive AI race is pushing some employees to work long hours. OpenAI and Anthropic embody ...

Researchers at Seoul National University and Sejong University published “Interface dipole modulation for gate dielectrics in Field-Effect transistors: a review.” “Interface dipole engineering has ...

Texas Instruments on Wednesday agreed to buy Silicon Laboratories ⁠in a deal valuing the chip designer at $7.5 billion, to expand its footprint in wireless connectivity chips used for industrial and ...

Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence. Anna Goldie and Azalia ...