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 ...
An artist rendering of organosilicon-based life. Organosilicon compounds contain carbon-silicon bonds. Lei Chen/Yan Liang (BeautyOfScience.com) for Caltech The possibility of an alien life form with a ...
In an effort that reaches back to the 19th-century laboratories of Europe, a discovery by chemistry researchers establishes new research possibilities for silicon chemistry and the semiconductor ...
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 ...
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Earth's oxygen boom: How nickel and urea in early oceans shaped microbial life and set the stage
The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...
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's crown is under threat: The semiconductor's days as the king of microchips for computers and smart devices could be numbered, thanks to the development of the smallest transistor ever to be ...
"Defying climate change calls for new approaches in breaking down greenhouse gases," Professor Jan Paradies of Paderborn ...
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