Some materials let electricity pass through them easily. These materials are known as electrical conductors. Metal is used in plugs to allow electricity to transfer from the wall socket ...

"This opens up a whole new perspective on technologically highly interesting classes of materials and shows us that there is more to materials science between electrical conductors and insulators ...

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Scientists have developed a hybrid material that switches between conducting and insulating states while maintaining ...

On the periodic table, semiconductors (also known as metalloids) crop up along a diagonal line between conductors and insulators. Noble gases such as helium and neon are poor conductors of ...

Researchers at Osaka University in Suita, Japan, have devised a novel way to improve the performance of electronic devices. The study, published in ACS Applied Electronic ...

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New regulatory filing shows power line surges, problems during high winds, including at a transmission tower near start of ...

New regulatory filings shows power line surges, malfunctions during high winds, including at a transmission tower near where ...

A California Public Utilities Commission special investigator concluded SCE had not properly maintained two parts — a Y-shaped insulator fitting and a skyline ... a power glitch at 10:11 p.m., and a ...