Free teacher resources for Primary Science. Mwaksy Mudenda and Greg Foot create circuits using spoons and dough, to learn about conductors and insulators, why they’re useful and how they keep us ...

Rubidium could be the next key player in oxide-ion conductors. Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have discovered a rare rubidium (Rb)-containing oxide-ion conductor, Rb₅BiMo₄O₁₆ ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Science of Electric Conductors ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 14 No. 30 (April 1859), p. 243 doi:10.1038 ...

A new ion superhighway modeled after human cells could speed our batteries way up. Digging out a nanochannel for charged ions turned a “rat’s nest” into a superfast conductor.