/ Silicon Content for �ٺ���Ƶ en /blog/laser-purified-silica <p>Materials science and engineering researchers at the University of California, Davis, and materials company <a href="https://homerunresources.com/">Homerun Resources, Inc.</a>, have developed a groundbreaking one-step laser-pulse technique to purify raw silica sand to over 99.99% purity. The method is the first phase in a collaborative effort to create a pathway to a carbon-neutral process of deriving silicon from silica sand.</p> October 14, 2024 - 11:51am Andy Fell /blog/laser-purified-silica /news/tiny-black-holes-enable-new-type-photodetector-high-speed-data <p>Tiny “black holes” on a silicon wafer make for a new type of photodetector that could move more data at lower cost around the world or across a data center. The technology, developed by electrical engineers at the University of California, Davis, and W&amp;WSens Devices&nbsp;Inc. of Los Altos, California, a Silicon Valley startup, is described in a paper published April 3 in the journal <em>Nature Photonics</em>.</p> April 03, 2017 - 8:00am Andy Fell /news/tiny-black-holes-enable-new-type-photodetector-high-speed-data