Researchers at MIT have observed “electron whirlpools” for the first time. The bizarre behavior arises when electricity flows as a fluid, which could make for more efficient electronics.

Researchers engineered a quantum material with superconducting and topological traits, opening the door to ultra-efficient ...

Protons play a central role in energy production within cells. A team of researchers has discovered that their movement is ...

One example is the electric vortex, a microscopic 'whirlpool' formed by electric dipoles — regions where positive and ...

Scientists at Rice University have created a new material that could one day lead to faster, more powerful, and more ...

Since it has 1 more electron than protons, chlorine has a charge of –1, making it a negative ion. When ions form, atoms gain or lose electrons until their outer energy level is full. For example, when ...

Electric respiration explained Most modern organisms rely on oxygen to metabolize food and release energy. Oxygen serves as the final electron acceptor in a chain of reactions that produces energy.

A newly discovered silicone variant is a semiconductor, University of Michigan researchers have discovered—upending ...

Renewable electricity is cheap and clean, but also less predictable than firing up a gas turbine. Turns out that’s both a problem and an opportunity. Most solutions to the problem of ...

Scientists in South Korea have made a major breakthrough that could improve the performance and lifespan of next-generation electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Researchers at the Korea Institute of ...