Tag: semiconductors
Electronic Technology Shows Foresight in Nature
The principal semiconductors are silicon and germanium; silicon’s abundance in the Earth’s crust is second only to oxygen.
Prior Fitness for Life: The Problem of Boron
The atomic element boron is essential for life, but how do you get it from stars to plants and animals?
Design Gets Down and Dirty — Complex Specified Information in Electric Mud
Bacteria that conduct electricity with cables may be involved in everything from cleansing the oceans and enriching the soil to guarding our own teeth.