Which way does electricity flow through a vehicle’s electrical system? From positive to negative, or from negative to positive? Depending on your viewpoint, it can flow either way. When most people ...

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 ...

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

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

Rice University researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors known as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) ...

Design transforms heat into electrical energy via thermionic electron emission.

The 2025 Nobel prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for the discovery of an effect that has applications in medical devices and quantum computing.

As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, so does its appetite for speed and energy. The quest for faster, smarter ...

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

Researchers from EeroQ, the quantum computing company pioneering electron-on-helium technology, have published a paper, titled "Sensing and Control of Single Trapped Electrons Above 1 Kelvin," in ...

Liquid metal embedded with dormant bacterial spores forms a living conductor that heals itself, resists oxidation, and boosts ...