Semiconductor fabrication technology, used commonly in modern electronics, has been steadily advancing for decades. Today, semiconductor devices have shrunk to miniature sizes but are capable of ...

As chip manufacturing scales up, water supply and wastewater treatment systems are under immense pressure. Cutting-edge ...

AI data centers are colossal buildings, often spanning more than one million square feet. Microsoft and OpenAI’s joint facility in Wisconsin will cover 1.2 million square feet; Meta’s Louisiana ...

Left-leaning thinkers have been inveighing against the problems of globalized capitalism for decades. From Stiglitz’ Globalization and Its Discontents to Klein’s This Changes Everything, arguments ...

Washington is a state committed to progress and innovation. It’s an ethos seen in the state’s top industries — aerospace, clean energy and technology — which are built on a legacy of breathtaking ...

It’s no secret that America—the birthplace of the transistor and, by extension, the modern semiconductor industry—has gradually ceded its leadership in the manufacturing of semiconductors. These chips ...

In July 2022, the United States government enacted the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America and Science Act and appropriated $39 billion for the CHIPS for America Fund.

A physical effect known as superinjection underlies modern light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. For decades this effect was believed to occur only in semiconductor heterostructures -- that is, ...

A growing majority of people all around the world have access to cellular technology. Not only does this permit communication, but it also allows a certain level of computing capabilities to be ...

Semiconductors provide functionality and life to the digital age. Everything from our smartphones, tablets, PCs and even cars are, in some way or another, powered by these tiny silicon-based devices.