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 ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Los Alamos National Laboratory, publishing in the latest issue of Nature Communications, describe the discovery of a new method that transforms ...

Carbyne, which is made of carbon atoms, can change from conductor to insulator on application of some mechanical force. A little stretch is all it takes to turn the world's strongest material from a ...