This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to audio speakers. Oh, and without it we’d live in eternal darkness.

Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects—behaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales—become powerful enough ...

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Electricity means the presence or motion of electrical charge. When the charge is moving from its source (origin) to sink ...

A condition long considered to be unfavorable to electrical conduction in semiconductor materials may actually be beneficial in 2D semiconductors, according to new findings by UC Santa Barbara ...

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But Luis Jauregui’s work, which might power quantum computers needed for long-range space exploration, also shows how basic ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Rice University researchers used a focused electron beam to pattern device functions with submicron precision directly into ...

The idea of optical computing—the use of photons instead of electrons to perform computational operations—has been around for decades. However, interest has resurged in recent years; the potential for ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the ...