Scientists Show their Stripes (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption Showing their stripes: Brookhaven Lab physicists present new evidence that stripes--alternating areas of charge and magnetism in certain copper-oxide materials--are good for forming the charge-carrier pairs needed for electrical current to flow with no resistance. Left to right: Qiang Li, Genda Gu, John Tranquada, Alexei Tsvelik, and Yangmu Li in front of an image of wind-blown ripples in desert sand. Credit Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about this research License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.