R. A. Sullivan and R. A. Ladice at Western Electric’s pilot plant for synthetic quartz production, circa 1959. Source: Public Domain But then along came World War II, and the demand for natural ...

The proof-of-concept study, published May 15 in the journal Device, uses synthetic quartz to trap solar energy at temperatures over 1,000°C (1,832°F), demonstrating the method's potential role ...