conduction

"Effectively, we're showing that this naive picture where we envisioned a surface with good conduction that's feasible to use in electronics is completely wrong," Li explained.

To induce superconductivity in such elements, scientists must carefully alter their atomic structure to increase the number of electrons available for conduction.

Watanabe’s team modeled this interplay mathematically and also recorded the speed of signal conduction in real mouse neurons with different degrees of pearling.

The Kondo effect, a quantum phenomenon where electron interactions create conduction, typically depends on the number of electrons in the quantum dot.

"So little can make such a big difference in conduction velocity and the synchronicity of the circuit."