Electrons flow underground in ways far more extensive than once believed, forming networks that link distant chemical zones. Minerals, organic molecules, and specialized bacteria can act as bridges, ...

A single phototransistor mimics retinal bipolar cell function while detecting visible and infrared light, enabling low-power ...

Beneath our feet, an invisible world of electron exchanges quietly drives the chemistry that sustains ecosystems, controls ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

Unlike conventional 2D semiconductors that cannot detect low-energy photons due to a wide band gap, the TCI structure allows ...

Dan Blumenthal & collaborators work to translate various functions of current cold-atom quantum experiments to a more portable and deployable form From The UCSB Current article "Chip-scale cold atom ...

A research team from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the failure mechanism of diamond under ...

Understanding what happens inside a material when it is hit by ultrashort light pulses is one of the great challenges of ...

A team led by Berkeley and GWU working with the U of A's Center for Manipulation of Atomic Ordering for Manufacturing Semiconductors confirmed that atoms in semiconductors arrange themselves in ...

Bacteria are constantly moving with the help of motility organs called flagella or pili to colonize new niches. Also, bacteria can exchange information, like "speaking to each other," and thus acquire ...