Physicists from University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University (Finland) have experimentally realized a two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator. This is a quantum material that has been ...

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Normally metals and insulators sit at opposite ends of a spectrum of conductivity, but researchers have discovered a material that can switch between those states freely, even at room temperature. The ...

University of Cambridge researchers have discovered that a material already known for its peculiar electrical properties appears to behave as both a conductor and an insulator at the same time. This ...

An optical analogue of a topological insulator has been created by physicists based in Israel and Germany. Consisting of an array of helical waveguides, light cannot propagate between waveguides in ...

Researchers have discovered the first ever intrinsic magnetic topological insulator – a stoichiometric compound that boasts both inherent magnetic order and topological insulator characteristics. The ...

Metals are compounds that are capable of conducting the flow of electrons that make up an electric current. Other materials, called insulators, are not capable of conducting an electric current. At ...

More than a century after the cable-style “Mickey Mouse” insulator was introduced, a Chicago-area lineman has introduced a new take on the vintage porcelain insulators. “Linemen love the Mickey Mouse ...