Electricity completely surrounds us whether you're charging your cell phone or watching the sky light up during a violent thunderstorm. For most of us, modern life would be impossible without it, and the natural world relies on it. See more »

Modern society dances to an electrical beat, but sometimes, those powerful electrical fields get a bit out of control. Enter Faraday cages and their shielding action to save the day! See more »

Without gasoline, the world as we know it would grind to a screeching halt. The U.S. alone consumes well over a hundred billion gallons of gasoline per year. Learn all about this vital fuel. See more »

It was a grand day for humankind when the first Faraday cage came to life; these cages have given rise to all sorts of technological innovations. How much do you know about these wiry wonders? See more »

Battery, Electric, a device that produces electric current without the use of moving parts. See more »

Capacitor, a device whose principal electric property is capacitance, the ability to store an electric charge. See more »

Electricity, the phenomena caused by a fundamental property of matter called electric charge. See more »

Electronics, the branch of science and technology concerned with the nature, uses, and manufacture of devices in which electrons flow through a gas, vacuum, or semiconductor. See more »

What happens when there's too much voltage? Learn about the difference between voltage surges and spikes from this article. See more »

You want to learn how to read the electric power meter in your home to see if the meter reader sent by the electric company was accurate. This article will teach you how to read a power meter. See more »