The use of aluminium in wiring is unlikely to bring a smile to the face of anyone who has had to deal with it in a 1960s, or early 1970s-era house. The causes behind the fires and other accidents were ...

A multilayer graphene-based tape conducts heat quickly while insulating electricity, offering a thin and flexible solution ...

New research shows the key role of thermal fluctuations in sustaining the 'relay race' of charges needed to maintain electrical current in room temperature ionic liquids. A collaborative investigation ...

Researchers have identified the key parameters that influence electrical conductivity in doped organic conductors. Organic semiconductors enable the fabrication of large-scale printed and mechanically ...

Gang Liu, Der-Jang Liaw, Wei-Yi Lee, Qi-Dan Ling, Chun-Xiang Zhu, D. Siu-Hung Chan, En-Tang Kang, Koon-Gee Neoh Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 367, ...

Georgia Tech scientists have discovered a new quantum state in a quirky material. In a phenomenon never before seen in anything else, the team found that applying a magnetic field increased the ...

A collaboration between University of Surrey, University of Bristol and aerospace company Bombardier has developed new technology that could enhance both the electrical and thermal conductivity of ...

Modern technologies continue to become lighter, smaller, and faster, although the conductors used to power these technologies remain relatively unchanged. Conventional metal conductors, largely copper ...

Image: Scientists have mapped Earth’s electrical conductivity on a global-scale in 3-D for the first time. Credit and Larger Version As tags on household appliances warn, water conducts electricity ...

The natural world possesses its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a global web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and oceans that “breathe” by exhaling excess electrons. In a new ...