Silicone’s composition gives it a synthetic polymer structure with a silicon-oxygen backbone, making it more resistant to ...

A newly evolved enzyme could one day make silicone compounds biodegradable. For the first time, scientists have engineered an enzyme that can break stubborn human-made bonds between silicon and carbon ...

An artist’s depiction of an artificially evolved enzyme breaking a silicon-carbon bond. [Caltech/Dow] For the first time, scientists have engineered an enzyme that can break the stubborn man-made ...

Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.

SMM Silicon-Based PV Morning Conference Summary] Silicon Metal: The silicon metal market moved sideways, with futures in the doldrums yesterday. SMM oxygen-blown #553 silicon in east China was quoted ...

For the first time, scientists have engineered an enzyme that can break stubborn man-made bonds between silicon and carbon that exist in widely used chemicals known as siloxanes, or silicones. The ...