And, while the computer industry has made enormous strides in making cheaper silicon devices, those advancements don't translate to the solar industry. (news.nationalgeographic.com)
Light emitted by «porous» silicon may not come from the silicon itself but from a chemical created during the manufacture of silicon devices, according to German researchers. (newscientist.com)
Researchers re-created the fly's unique mechanism by constructing a 2 - millimeter rectangular silicon device with a fulcrumlike pivot supporting a tiny beam, similar to a seesaw. (discovermagazine.com)