There’s a small, silent component hiding in almost every electronic device—from your phone and laptop to your TV and charger. It’s called a resistor, and it plays a huge role in how electricity is ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have uncovered how to manipulate electrical flow through crystalline silicon, a material at the heart of modern technology. The discovery could ...

An inductor is just a coil of wire, but it plays a key role in controlling how electricity behaves. In this video, you’ll learn how inductors resist changes in current, store energy in magnetic fields ...

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HOUSTON — Last September, in the final days of what was then the hottest summer in human history, scorching temperatures threatened to knock out the Texas power grid. As air conditioners around the ...

As Illinois lawmakers finished their work for 2025, they began backing away from their four-year-old pledge that the state would produce electricity only from carbon-free sources by 2045. They did so ...

A view of the control room shows the power grid at the California Independent System Operator in Folsom in 2018. The ISO runs energy markets that could expand throughout the west if the state ...

Japan is testing a bold idea that turns heavy snowfall into clean electricity, using temperature differences and abandoned infrastructure, raising questions about whether snow could power future ...

Jul 08, 2025 Scientists find new way to control electricity at tiniest scale Scientists have uncovered how to manipulate electrical flow through crystalline silicon, a material at the heart of modern ...