A new study uncovers a switchable, atomically-thin metal-organic material that could be used in future low-energy electronic technologies. The study shows that electron interactions in this material ...

A semiconductor is a material or device that only conducts electricity under certain conditions. Some elements in the periodic table, such as carbon, silicon, and germanium, are intrinsic ...

The electronic energy states allowed by quantum mechanics determine whether a solid is an insulator or whether it conducts electric current as a metal. Researchers have now theoretically predicted a ...

In an apparent contradiction to textbook physics, a metal has been identified that conducts electricity but produces almost no heat in the process. Such a strange property may be expected to occur in ...

Electricity powers our lives, including our cars, phones, computers, and more, through the movement of electrons within a ...

I've talked about a bunch of physics from the March Meeting a few weeks ago, but there's one more broad topic I wanted to write up, based on a prize talk by Eli Yablonovitch. As I started thinking ...

In a carefully controlled environment, physicists have managed to stabilize a rare and previously short-lived phase of matter by using a simple method of rapid heating and cooling. This breakthrough ...

The metal-organic-framework (MOF) material used in the study reveals a star-like (kagome) structure under scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) imaging. An Australian-led study has found unusual ...