Listen Top Shows Blog

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form of Silicon Shines

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form of Silicon Shines

Update: 2015-03-12

Share

Description

Silicon is the second most-abundant element in the earth's crust. When purified, it takes on a diamond structure, which is essential to modern electronic devices—carbon is to biology as silicon is to technology. A team of Carnegie scientists led by Timothy Strobel has synthesized an entirely new form of silicon, one that promises even greater future applications.

Comments

In Channel

Coral growth rate plummets in 30-year comparison

Coral growth rate plummets in 30-year comparison

2015-05-1602:50

Overhaul in Tropical Forest Research Needed

Overhaul in Tropical Forest Research Needed

2015-05-1504:43

Warming reaches maximum 10 years after carbon dioxide emission

Warming reaches maximum 10 years after carbon dioxide emission

2015-05-1302:14

A cause of age-related inflammation found

A cause of age-related inflammation found

2015-04-0902:50

Airlock-like transport protein structure discovered

Airlock-like transport protein structure discovered

2015-04-0803:05

Baby cells learn to communicate using the lsd1 gene

Baby cells learn to communicate using the lsd1 gene

2015-04-0704:28

Biochemistry detective work: algae at night

Biochemistry detective work: algae at night

2015-04-0603:38

Cell architecture: Finding common ground

Cell architecture: Finding common ground

2015-04-0203:30

Does Dark Magma Lurk In Deep Earth?

Does Dark Magma Lurk In Deep Earth?

2015-03-2703:59

Earth’s Water is Older than the Sun

Earth’s Water is Older than the Sun

2015-03-2603:52

Is natural gas a “bridge” to a hotter future?

Is natural gas a “bridge” to a hotter future?

2015-03-2503:23

The simplest element: Turning hydrogen into “graphene”

The simplest element: Turning hydrogen into “graphene”

2015-03-2403:20

Mapping reveals targets for preserving tropical carbon stocks

Mapping reveals targets for preserving tropical carbon stocks

2015-03-2304:44

Right place, right time: Cellular transportation compartments

Right place, right time: Cellular transportation compartments

2015-03-1603:33

Smallest-possible Diamonds Form Ultra-thin Nanothread

Smallest-possible Diamonds Form Ultra-thin Nanothread

2015-03-1303:41

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form of Silicon Shines

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form of Silicon Shines

2015-03-1204:00

Most stars are born in clusters, some leave “home”

Most stars are born in clusters, some leave “home”

2015-02-2403:31

Switching on a dime: how plants function in shade and light

Switching on a dime: how plants function in shade and light

2015-01-1603:14

Tail discovered on long-known asteroid

Tail discovered on long-known asteroid

2015-01-1303:06

Wild Molecular Interactions in a New Hydrogen Mixture

Wild Molecular Interactions in a New Hydrogen Mixture

2015-01-0604:06

00:00

00:00

x

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form of Silicon Shines

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form of Silicon Shines

Carnegie Institution for Science