The preoccupations of mathematicians can seem curious and strange to normal people. They sometimes expend great energy proving results that appear glaringly obvious. One such result is called the ...

The differential between the five-year and the 10-year iTraxx Europe Index is about 23 basis points. This is close to record highs. At the end of last September, when the new Series 4 Index was rolled ...

Like many memes, I can’t recall the first time I saw it. Maybe it was a public health worker in my sphere. Maybe it was a science geek. Maybe it was just a concerned citizen. But in a time when people ...

Some years ago, one of the fundamental electronic instruments was the laboratory curve tracer. A CRT display would sweep out terminal behavior (current versus voltage) from which you could derive ...

Commercial curve tracers have existed for decades. But designers without access to one can create a simple circuit that uses a function generator and oscilloscope to generate JFET transfer and ...