This novel liquid will flow inside the metal exactly in the same way as water flows in a pipe." By confirming the predictions of theoreticians, the experimental physicist Tafti—working with his Boston ...

A new study reveals that a buildup of metabolism in specialized brain cells is what triggers the need for sleep. Sleep may ...

How Do Transistors Work? At its core, a transistor is an electronic gatekeeper. It controls the flow of electric current through a semiconductor material.

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That resistance-free electron flow is what makes superconductors so attractive for real-world applications, Liu said.

A NASA-sponsored team is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) detector technology that will enable future NASA ...

Lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs) are an increasingly important platform in pharmaceutical research and manufacturing.

Although recognized as a scientific breakthrough at Fermilab in 1993 and in several international, public scientific reviews (see Sections 3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6.3, and 10), these inventions have never been ...

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