There are two main types of electrical current that flow through your home: Alternating and direct. The vast majority of devices around you are powered by alternating current. By allowing electrons to ...

THE second edition of this text-book is a creditable effort on the part of the author to cover, in a single volume of 730 pages, the extensive field embracing the theory and applications of direct and ...

If you’re like me, you have hazy memories from high school physics class about the difference between alternating current (AC ...

AT the present time electricians are interested in the problem of the change-over from direct current to alternating current systems of supply. Where new systems are being laid down in Great Britain ...

High-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology offers several advantages compared to alternating current transmission systems. For example, it allows more efficient bulk power transfer over long ...

Tesla's alternating current transformed life in the 20th century. Premieres 10/18 on PBS. Direct current required thousands of little power plants at every mile, while alternating current allowed one ...

The battery as we know it today was an invention of Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta. He witnessed electricity splitting water into its constituent elements of oxygen and hydrogen and ...

The world of electric vehicles can sometimes seem like it comes with its own vocabulary, and that's where we come in. Look out for our ABC of EVs series, to demystify the words and phrases you'll hear ...

THE combined use of external cardiac massage and external electric defibrillation, as developed by Kouwenhoven et al. 1 and Zoll and his associates, 2 has added new dimensions to the resuscitation of ...

Electric vehicles are an important wave of the future, offering motorists a cleaner and more efficient way to travel. But when it comes to charging their batteries, electric vehicles have a particular ...