Electricians use the National Electrical Code(R) (NEC) to guide the selection process. Different materials are used to construct conductors. Copper is the most popular choice due to its affordability, ...

Researchers at Stanford Engineering have developed an ultrathin material that conducts electricity better than copper and ...

The filament in this lightbulb is a conductor. Some materials let electricity pass through them easily. These materials are known as electrical conductors. Metal is used in plugs to allow ...

This property of conductors appears to be the result of thermal agitation of the electric charges in the material of the ... but by the very matter of which electrical circuits are built.

Stanford researchers have revealed a new ultrathin conductor that should prove a boon to nanoelectronics by enhancing energy ...

Stanford researchers have uncovered a new material, niobium phosphide, that surpasses copper in electrical conductivity when ...