If you are like [The Science Asylum], you might wonder how a capacitor can work since, at their core, they are nothing more than a gap filled with air or another insulator. He explains how in a rec… ...

Guest columnist Dale Cigoy, lead applications engineer at Keithley Instruments, outlines how an understanding of the challenges for testing capacitors can be invaluable to engineers ...

2025’s 30 Under 30 EC&M Electrical All Stars: Jonathan Reese 2025's 30 Under 30 Electrical All Stars How does a capacitor work? Capacitors store energy in the electric field established in their ...

Your phone died. Again. In these scenarios, who among us has not dreamed the dream of a future where our devices charge instantly and last forever. As capacitors—or even more exciting ...

According to Dr Emmett Brown, it’s what makes time travel possible, although not without the considerable boost of 1.21 gigawatts of power. “But”, I hear you ask, “how does the flux ...