Like any complex topic, electromagnetic theory has its own vocabulary. When speaking about dielectrics we may refer to their permittivity, and discussions on magnetic circuits might find terms like ...

English Heritage has unveiled a blue plaque in honour of the self-taught physicist behind the theory of telecommunications. Oliver Heaviside, who has been celebrated for his theories which advanced ...

When we draw schematics, we have the luxury of pretending that wire is free. There are only a few cases where you have to account for the electrical characteristics of wire: when the wire is very long ...

Kitty Hawk, Larry Page’s air taxi outfit, on Thursday showed off its latest concept—an eight-motor prototype that uses an unconventional forward-swept wing, and is purportedly 100 times quieter than a ...

Kitty Hawk, a Silicon Valley aviation technology startup, introduced its newest aircraft earlier this week, adding yet another eVTOL concept into the increasingly crowded urban air mobility market.

AT a meeting of the Institution of Electrical Engineers on April 21, Dr. W. E. Sumpner gave the annual Kelvin Lecture, choosing as his subject the work of Oliver Heaviside. Before the lecture, the ...