We describe electricity as a flow, but that’s not what happens in a typical wire. Physicists have begun to induce electrons to act like fluids, an effort that could illuminate new ways of thinking ...

The noise that disrupts communication devices and sensors results from electrons being scattered by defects and temperature-driven vibrations in the materials they travel through. A UCLA-led research ...

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Solid-state batteries are safer and less-flammable than conventional EV batteries, so why haven't automakers made the switch yet? Here's what you need to know.

A 3-millimeter piece of metal can be magnified 50 million times — revealing atoms just 0.1 nanometers wide. To see them, ...

The 19th century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins paid homage to the kingfisher’s brilliant plumage in his poem “As Kingfishers ...

Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

Iron ore giant Fortescue has just four years left to meet its real zero emissions by 2030 target, a mammoth task that will ...

A new map offers a new perspective on the city, revealing the steady, ever-present natural radiation emerging from the ground ...

We put a gas and battery-electric version of the same Toro snowblower to see which is better.

A cluster of recent theoretical papers has laid out mathematical frameworks for propelling spacecraft at speeds ranging from ...

That quick zap when you touch a doorknob or car door is actually a small burst of built-up electricity, and winter creates ...