electricity that lights up a bulb looks very different than lightning strikes but they're actually more similar than one might think because they both have electric current so let's understand what ...

The difference between static discharge and continuous current is explained. Introduction to Electric Current: The difference between static discharge and continuous current is explained. Sources of ...

A major current law has been rewritten thanks to the three-port transistor laser. Data the transistor laser generated did not fit neatly within established circuit laws governing electrical currents, ...

How quantum physics offers a possible path to a non-chemical battery. How a team fabricated such a battery. The results of ...

The quantum Hall effect, a fundamental effect in quantum mechanics, not only generates an electric but also a magnetic current. It arises from the motion of electrons on an orbit around the nuclei of ...

Magnetic skyrmions – quasiparticles with a vortex-like structure – show much promise as storage bits for next-generation computer memories and logic devices, but tracking their motion is no easy task.

After a year of trial and error, Liyang Chen had managed to whittle down a metallic wire into a microscopic strand half the width of an E.coli bacterium — just thin enough to allow a trickle of ...

Diamond detection A sensor based on NV centres has been used to measure electrical currents in the heart of a rat. (Courtesy: iStock/Gizmo) A diamond-based sensor that maps out the subtle electrical ...