The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is facing a costly and dangerous problem after thieves stole roughly 11 miles ...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is out hundreds of thousands of dollars after thieves stole 11 miles' ...

Two residents were displaced from their homes after a wire malfunction caused smoke in their attic. Roderick Macleod, 70, was ...

You don't need to be an electrician to understand the basics about how your home is wired. A general understanding of how cables and wires work is part of being a responsible homeowner, and our ...

Last month, we heard about how a team led by North Carolina State University’s Dr. Michael Dickey had created an electrical wire that could be stretched up to eight times its regular length... and ...

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People are electrocuted and killed after car crashes every year. Tragically, it is not the car accident itself that causes their fatal injuries, but it is their deadly exposure to high voltage ...

Lowe Larretta is former lead editor for Forbes Home, covering all things related to home improvement and good design. She previously worked in the decor and lifestyle spaces for digital publishers ...

An image circulating of Facebook makes the claim that simply bending an electrical wire makes it safe to work on it even when it is live, because doing so stops the flow of electricity through the ...

Working with electricity but don't want to get electrocuted? One Facebook post falsely claims an easy solution. "If you need to work on something electrical but don't know where the breaker panel is, ...

Physicists from Stanford University say they have just invented the world's narrowest electrical wire, just three atoms wide, using diamandoids (the smallest component parts of a diamond) to do so.