When high-voltage electricity breaks out in open air, it rips through the atmosphere, forming chaotic, branching fingers of electric plasma. These electrical arcs are difficult to control. They branch ...

There’s a small, silent component hiding in almost every electronic device—from your phone and laptop to your TV and charger. It’s called a resistor, and it plays a huge role in how electricity is ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have uncovered how to manipulate electrical flow through crystalline silicon, a material at the heart of modern technology. The discovery could ...

There’s a shocking lack of understanding of the physics underlying this commonplace phenomenon, but researchers are on the case.

A growing body of research is shifting how scientists explain static electricity, pointing to surface contamination and contact history rather than the inherent properties of materials as the primary ...

Scientists have discovered that applying an electric field to certain ceramics can dramatically redirect how heat moves through them.

Controlling magnetic states in materials typically requires continuous power or only works in rare, specialized systems. Researchers developed a general theory showing how electric fields can ...