Ballistic electrons are among the most fascinating phenomena in modern quantum materials. Unlike ordinary electrons, they do ...

This video explains how diodes function as directional components in electronic circuits. Diodes allow current to flow in ...

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.

Design transforms heat into electrical energy via thermionic electron emission.

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...

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

A new color-changing material can remember and forget like a brain cell, creating self-erasing images that hide information ...

This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has gone to three scientists who showed that it was possible even for large systems, made up of billions of these small particles, to exhibit quantum behaviour under ...