Physicists discover a fundamental limit to Electrical Resistance

According to a new quantum simulation, physicists have discovered an upper limit to electrical resistance. When electricity flows through a wire, energy is lost as heat because electrons collide with one another and with the material around them. But these collisions can only increase resistance so far—a fundamental ceiling set by physics itself.

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