After a year of trial and error, Liyang Chen had managed to whittle down a metallic wire into a microscopic strand half the width of an E.coli bacterium — just thin enough to allow a trickle of ...

The effects of electric discharge are all around us. The simple act of electricity flowing from one point to another is responsible for so many phenomena in our lives here on Earth and beyond.

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The word semiconductor is comprised of two words, semi (not complete) and conductor (something that can conduct electricity). Electricity is present everywhere, like in home appliances where current ...