Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of beautiful spiral patterns etched on the surface of the semiconductor by a ...

UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally ...

Germanium detector history Since the 1960s, one constant in this ongoing pursuit of elusive subatomic knowledge has been the chemical element germanium. Situated in the carbon column of the ...

ORNL’s David Radford displays a germanium detector of his design (its central contact visible at the 3 in. mark), vital to the LEGEND research efforts. Ever since physicist Ernest Rutherford ...

During WWII, germanium was primarily used in point-contact diodes for radar pulse detection. After the war, from the 1950s to the early 1970s, germanium’s development as a semiconductor in ...

Burgum: royalties sent from lease agreements on federal land will help the U.S. pay down its national debt and balance the ...

Avec le lancement d'un nouvel inventaire minier, la France entre à son tour dans la course aux minerais stratégiques.

Critical minerals are in demand around the world for military, technological and other uses. A geoscientist shares what’s ...

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while ...

The United States relies heavily on other countries, particularly China, for essential metals used in technology, and this dependence makes the US vulnerable to export restrictions in trade disputes.

Manganese is an essential element in steelmaking and batteries. Ukraine is estimated to have the largest total reserves in the world at 2.4 billion tons. However, the deposits are of fairly low grade ...