How can data be processed at lightning speed, or electricity conducted without loss? To achieve this, scientists and industry ...

A new nanostructure acts like a wire and switch that can, for the first time, control and direct the flow of quantum ...

In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron ...

Molecularly engineered ultrathin films enhance efficiency and stability in perovskite solar cells by aligning energy levels ...

For years, scientists have known that phonons (vibrations of atoms) carry heat through solids. However, when two different materials come in contact, like in a computer chip, these vibrations often ...

Superfluid helium reveals a manageable analog to the Schwinger effect. It deepens understanding of vortices and quantum ...

Electricity flows through wires to deliver power, but it loses energy as it moves, delivering less than it started with. But that energy loss isn’t a given. Scientists at Penn State have found a new ...

In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs would be spontaneously created out of nothing, through a phenomenon ...

In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs would be spontaneously ...

One study says that fall, when the earth tends to be relatively damp, is one of the best seasons for grounding (along with ...

A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its ...