A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed more robust circuit breakers that are compatible with direct current (DC), paving the way for lower ...

Many hackers learned about electronics over the years with home experimenter kits from Radio Shack and its ilk. Eschewing soldering for easier screw or spring based connections, they let the ...

Electricity powers everything from your phone to your refrigerator—but have you ever wondered how it’s controlled inside a circuit? It all starts with one small, powerful component: the resistor. In ...