Early incarnations of the electric motor first appeared in the 1740s through the work of Scottish Benedictine monk and scientist, Andrew Gordon. Other scientists such as Michael Faraday and Joseph ...

ONCE again, worrywarts in Washington are wringing their hands over possible shortages of so-called “critical materials” for America's high-tech industries. In particular, the Department of Energy ...

According to the United States Department of Energy, motors in homes and commercial buildings consume more than one-third of all the electricity used in these buildings. Sixty-five percent of ...