conduction

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Excitons form inside semiconductors when electrons absorb energy and jump from their resting state in the valence band to a higher energy state in the conduction band.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

An eardrum positioned within a curved section of the jawbone would have allowed Thrinaxodon to hear airborne sounds far more effectively than relying on bone conduction alone.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

She’s not surprised that axon beads could affect signal conduction and calls the finding a “compelling” discovery that adds to the mechanisms that make the brain so adaptable.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

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

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

At the beginning of this century, for example, it was thought that everything could be explained in terms of the properties of continuous matter, such as elasticity and heat conduction.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking