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

Light can generate an electrical current in semiconductor materials. This is how solar cells generate electricity from sunlight and how smart phone cameras can take photographs. To collect the ...

Scientists have discovered a new material that absorbs visible light to generate electricity. This material might be useful for splitting water to produce a combustible fuel, hydrogen. Mined to make ...

If you think about an asylum, there are two kinds of people in it: staff and patients. We aren’t sure which one [Nick Lucid] is in the latest The Science Asylum video that tries to answer the question ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. To the uninitiated, electricity might seem like a sort of hidden ...

How does an electrical signal propagate in a neuron? Traditional cable theory, which was refined by Goldman, Hodgkin and Katz 1,2, answered this question using a model that was based on the opening ...

Electric shock drowning (ESD) is a regular topic in the press, in boating magazines, on various electrical industry websites, and in ECM magazine. ESD occurs when a swimmer enters an area where there ...

Researchers explain why weak magnetic fields can instantly control electrical flow direction in these quantum metals.