Although new electric motor types are still being invented, the basic principle of an electric motor has changed little in the past century-and-a-half: a stator and a rotor built of magnetic materials ...

In a move which caught space scientists … by surprise, the House Appropriations Committee last week voted to decimate the budget for the Venus Pioneer programme … [T]he Committee suggested that a ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

On April 3, 1846, Charles Wheatstone was about to present the Friday evening lecture at London’s Royal Institution. He had been invited by Michael Faraday, who had long been conducting research there ...

THERE can be no doubt that a life of Faraday suitable for the general public was much needed. Dr. Bence Jones's work, though full of interest to scientific men, and to those who knew Faraday ...