SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community severely ...

As stricter fuel regulations and pressures intensify for a solution to the rising greenhouse gas emissions, the maritime ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake off Taiwan's eastern coast late on December 27 disrupted parts of the island's semiconductor supply chain, after several wafer fabs reported damage to quartz furnace tubes ...

We’ll be frank—this is POWDER and, for the most part, we cover skiing. But we aren’t stupid. Many families have the lone member who, unlike their relatives, can’t stand the fact that every vacation ...

Massachusetts health officials announced Tuesday that the state has confirmed its first case of an incurable lung disease linked to exposure to certain countertop stones. The disease is particularly ...

Did you know Ohio's largest snow tubing park is located just a short drive from Cincinnati?Mad River Mountain opens for the season this weekend and is home to the state's largest ski and snowboard ...

ExxonMobil and BASF announced this morning that they have formed a strategic collaboration to co-develop methane pyrolysis technology, including plans to construct a demonstration plant at ...

We aren’t sure what [theglassman] is working on, but based on his recent projects, we think it is probably something interesting. He’s been decapping ICs, growing oxide on silicon substrates, and has ...

We’ve known for quite some time that molten rock gouged enormous tunnels into the surface of the Earth, the Moon, and Mars. In fact, scientists have proposed that the vast lava tubes under the surface ...

[naturejab] shows off his solar powered pyrolysis machine which can convert scrap plastic into fuel. According to the video, this is the world’s most complex hand-made pyrolysis reactor ever made. We ...

Summer is fleeting. You’d think I’d have learned this by now, considering I’m 49 years old, but the end of the season sneaks up on me every year, and I find myself trying to cram as many warm-weather ...