China has successfully conducted its first metal 3D printing experiment in space, a significant leap forward for its in-orbit ...

Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwelling anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, truly possess metallic-like ...

Defying conventional scientific knowledge about electrical conductivity, the addition of a common carbon compound to copper to make electrical wires results in significant performance enhancements, ...

The prospect of electronics at the nanoscale may be even more promising with the first observation of metallic conductance in ferroelectric nanodomains. The prospect of electronics at the nanoscale ...

A new metallic compound has shattered a long standing barrier in heat management, conducting thermal energy nearly three ...

Technical ceramics are used in many applications where traditional materials such as steel or plastic are ineffective or unsuitable. For many of these applications, extreme hardness, wear resistance, ...

Conduction occurs in solids. Metals are good conductors. Non-metals and gases are usually poor conductors. Poor conductors are called insulators. Heat energy is conducted from the hot end of an object ...