Since its discovery 100 years ago, our understanding of superconductivity has developed in a far from smooth fashion. Paul Michael Grant explains why this beautiful, elegant and profound phenomenon ...

A new model, vetted by experiments on lung cancer cells, may help to explain how cancer and other diseases accumulate drug-resistance mutations that can compromise the effectiveness of treatments.

Metrological institutes on a chip: Efforts like this one seek to bring cutting-edge measurement-science technology and expertise from national metrological institutes directly to users. (Courtesy: ...

In this video, Jonny Nelson explains resistance. The current through a component depends on both the resistance of the component and the potential difference across the component.