Electricity doesn’t just flow freely in every direction—it needs control. That control comes from a tiny but powerful ...

They’re in your phone, TV, car headlights, remote controls—even traffic lights. LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are everywhere.

With a few quick tweaks, you can make sure your modern TV uses only the power it needs - even as today's models grow more efficient.

Life depends on motion. To eat, go home, or explore, we must know where we are, where we want to go and how to get there. We ...

It ‘s worth noting that back EMF plays a critical role as a natural current limiter during normal motor operation. When motor ...

A disruption in the delivery of semiconductor chips, used in many car parts, has GM and others seeking solutions.

China has agreed to allow the export of chips critical to auto production, averting widespread shutdowns that had been ...

Physicists at UC Santa Cruz will receive $555,000 of that to develop a literal gem of a monitoring system that such power plants will need to safely generate fusion energy—a system that incorporates ...

JellyFish Lighting are no longer a novelty, they are a year-round accent that doubles as holiday decor and security lighting.

Frederik Dostal explains the rise of the ideal diode and how it can be used to develop more robust power systems.

Electromagnetic waves with frequencies between microwave and infrared light, also known as terahertz radiation, are leveraged by many existing technologies, including various imaging tools and ...

We might tend to take the word “diode” for granted if we’re thinking of a “diode” as just a two-lead or two-terminal device that gets used in this or that place for this or that purpose. It can become ...