Silicon is a chemical element (Si), which can be found on the Periodic Table. Commonly used in making computer chips, the element’s name made sense for the basin below San Francisco, as it originally ...

Webb detects silane in a nearby brown dwarf, solving the mystery of the disappearance of silicon in the atmospheres of giant ...

The chemistry lexicon is full of words that are infuriatingly similar to each other despite having completely different meanings. A perfect example of this is the difference between silicon and ...