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.

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 ...

Design transforms heat into electrical energy via thermionic electron emission.

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

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

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

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.

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 ...