Silicon is a primordial element, created during the Big Bang or by nuclear fusion during a supernova. It's the eighth most abundant element in the observable Universe, but the third most abundant on ...

Learn more about the elements on NOVA's two-hour special, "Hunting The Elements." When you think of silicon (Si), you may think about Silicon Valley and the fact that modern computing would not be ...

Silicon is the 14th element on the Periodic Table -- but, from concrete to microchips to alien life, it has the capacity to be so much more.