The Department of War will spend $18.1 million through the Defense Production Act to expand U.S. germanium refining for military systems.

5N Plus said it has been awarded an $18.1 million grant by the U.S. government to improve its germanium-recycling operations in Utah.

5N+ manufactures and customizes high-purity, dislocation-free, electrically-uniform and space-qualified germanium wafers which are vital for infrared optics, night vision systems, surveillance windows ...

The Department of War announced today a 15 December 2025 investment of $18.1 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) Title ...

Josephson junction structures—quantum devices made of two superconductors and a thin non-superconducting barrier—using different forms of germanium (Ge): super-Ge (in gold), semiconducting Ge (in blue ...

(Nanowerk News) Over the past 70 years, the number of transistors on a chip has doubled approximately every two years – according to Moore’s Law, which is still valid today. The circuits have become ...

The first transistors were point contact devices, not far from the cats-whiskers of early radio receivers. They were fragile and expensive, and their performance was not very high. The transistor ...