For the first time, researchers have pushed electrons to flow so fast they went supersonic, creating a shockwave. The currents of electricity flowing through our devices share a name with river ...

Nobel Prize winners show how superconducting circuits can exhibit quantum behavior, leading to transformative technologies.

In a metal like copper, however, the outer electrons swim around freely and are shared by all the atoms. That’s why ...

A scientific team has managed to stack 41 layers of semiconductors, multiplying the density of the circuits by six, without ...

Design transforms heat into electrical energy via thermionic electron emission.

George W. Bush made hydrogen his baby back in the early 2000's, but this alternative fuel could still have its day in the sun ...

A water-powered nanogenerator uses droplet formation to convert flowing water into electricity, providing a clean, ...

Solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity using photovoltaic (PV) cells like the one illustrated above. Such cells, which can power everything from calculators to cars (our example ...

A new membrane system turns the natural mix of seawater and freshwater into enough electricity to produce hydrogen, showing ...