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The two elements are essential in everything from smartphones to space electronics. Credit: Roberto Hunger From August, China is to restrict…

The story so far: On July 3, in what is being seen as the country’s retaliatory move in the ‘chip war’, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that it would implement export controls on items related to gallium and germanium. It said…

Credit: Maksym Myronov Semiconductor materials are the foundation of modern electronic, photonic, photovoltaic, thermoelectric and many…