Silicon That Melts While Cooling Could Lead To Cheaper Electronic Devices

08/03/2010, Some smart folks over at MIT have discovered that silicon can actually be made to melt when its temperature is reduced, when mixed with the right amount of other metals. While you’d normally need to get it up to 1,414 [...]

Germanium Lasers To Offer Optical Computing?

02/05/2010, The brilliant minds over a MIT have demonstrated the first laser that’s built from germanium, which is able to produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. Aside from that, it’s also the first germanium laser to operate at room [...]