The Ting Smart Sensor quietly monitors your home wiring for potential hazards. Here's how it fared in my house.

Many biological processes are regulated by electricity—from nerve impulses to heartbeats to the movement of molecules in and ...

Electrical hazards can strike without warning—whether from damaged wiring, overloaded circuits, wet environments, or improper ...

Better Electrically Safe Than Sorry Taking the time to refresh your knowledge on electrical safety best practices can make ...

Ready to cross that electrical project off your to-do list? Understand wiring color codes so you can finish the job safely.

Electrical engineering is the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. In simple terms, it is about understanding how electricity works in order to use the knowledge ...

Churning with voltage and resembling an explosion at the wire factory, the breaker panel exudes mystique. But it's just a big switch, filled with other smaller ­switches, which lead to the switches ...

As the colder months set in, the danger of an electrical fire in the home rises. Experts agree there are a few key ways to ...

We all carry supercomputers in our pockets and use dozens of electric gizmos every day but rarely stop to marvel at the magical act of flicking a switch. Use your ordinary conducting and extraordinary ...

The Squishy Circuits team developed this activity so that young children (including my own daughters) would have a playful way to explore circuits. Squishy Circuits use two different types of dough as ...