Professor James Rondinelli collaborated with IBM to help turn simulations into potential practical chip designs.

In solar cells, solar radiation boosts electrons to higher energy states, thereby releasing them from their atomic bonds as electricity begins to flow. Scientists have now developed a novel method to ...

Physicists have directly mapped a hidden kind of geometry inside quantum materials that steers electrons in ways strikingly ...

The age of being powered by molecules, or oil, coal and gas, is now giving way to one where competitiveness is increasingly ...

The film discusses an experiment conducted by Professor Fredman and Dr. Madson, which investigates the heating of a copper target when bombarded by electrons. Using a setup similar to the Millikan ...

How does static electricity work? Learn more about these electrical chargers and how they may have been a key to life.

In graphene, electrons move in strange ways. Their unusual and fluid-like behavior was observed by scientists at the National Graphene Institute, leading to a new wave of studies related to the ...

Bloom Energy, which makes the Bloom Box energy server, may have just found its business model mojo. The plan: Install Bloom Boxes at various locations and just charge customers for the power. Think of ...

In a semiconductor, whether it is organic or inorganic, two types of charge carrier convey the electrical current: extra, negatively charged electrons that are injected into the empty electronic ...

Electrical components, like motors close motorA device which spins when current flows through it. Motors are used in fans, food processors and many other devices. and lamps close lampA component which ...