A semiconductor is a material or device that only conducts electricity under certain conditions. Some elements in the periodic table, such as carbon, silicon, and germanium, are intrinsic ...

How Does Semiconductor Trade Work? How is it that South Korea—one of the world’s most important makers of the chips critical for goods from cars to computers—imports more semiconductors from the ...

1. What is a semiconductor? Generally speaking, the term semiconductor refers to a material – like silicon – that can conduct electricity much better than an insulator such as glass, but not as well ...

In labs focused on clean energy, a quiet shift is underway. Instead of treating carbon dioxide as a dead-end waste gas, ...

Semiconductors are not just commercial commodities; they are foundational to US critical infrastructure. The US Department of Homeland Security officially categorizes the semiconductor industry under ...

Scientists overcame a limitation in graphene to harness the material as a working semiconductor at terahertz frequencies with 10 times the mobility of silicon. When you purchase through links on our ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In recent years, Oregon lawmakers, working with federal legislators and businesses, have been hoping to bolster the state’s semiconductor industry through investments like the ...

In late March, Gabriella Medina, 28, and Danelle Makofske, 45, walked into a community college classroom in Mesa, Arizona, hoping to set themselves up for a new career. “I was so scared,” Makofske ...