Disasters at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima Daiichi have made many people scared of nuclear power. The company says their reactor is different.

Physics carries 45 questions with a total of 180 marks. While Biology has a greater share with 360 marks, Physics often decides whether a student will be among the top rankers.

Physicists finally identified why some quantum materials seemingly lose their electrical conductivity for no reason.

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Electricity powers everything from your phone to your refrigerator—but have you ever wondered how it’s controlled inside a ...

The team used intense X-rays to confirm a key theoretical concept that explains a material's conductivity crash.

A University of Michigan-led team has discovered quantum oscillations within an insulator’s bulk, overturning conventional understanding of material behavior and hinting at a mysterious “new duality” ...

Albert Einstein, everyone’s favorite wild-haired genius with a mischievous grin, is more than just a pop culture icon whose legend lives on today. He’s arguably the most influential scientist of the ...

In a metal like copper, however, the outer electrons swim around freely and are shared by all the atoms. That’s why ...

Penn State scientists have devised a new method to predict superconducting materials that could work at higher temperatures.

Abstract: Optimizing high-performance power electronic equipment, such as power converters, requires multiscale simulations that incorporate the physics of power semiconductor devices and the dynamics ...