In a novel semiconductor, electrons can flow like water around obstacles. (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

In a novel semiconductor, electrons can flow like water around obstacles.

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This hydrodynamic behavior could yield more efficient devices.

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Credit: Rina Goh/National University of Singapore

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