A special technique produces very wide loop BWs in high-frequency PLLs (and hence, indirect (PLL) synthesizers), thereby achieving very low phase noise rivaling that of direct (MMD) synthesizers. A ...

Chad Lawhorn’s lengthy article about Emporia State University’s “experiment” with President Ken Hush’s appointment was quite interesting but also incomplete. Lawhorn touts the school’s improved credit ...

The article by Jacklin Kwan on the number of fundamental constants there are (or should be) raises an important issue that cuts to the heart of physical theory: are constants genuine features of ...

I’m curious to understand the logic of the letter writer from Zachary on Oct. 11, blaming the Republicans for the shutdown. The Republican House voted to keep the government open with a narrow ...

Forty-three years ago, in 1982, Detroit was introduced to a wonderful character, Count Scary, played by none other than Mr. Tom Ryan. Count Scary was no ordinary vampire. With his exaggerated ...

Re: “Vote no on Measure A sales tax hike” (Page A12, Oct. 19). Has the Mercury News gone crazy? I read the editorial, and it’s hard to believe that the liberal Mercury News opposes a tax increase.

(WFSB) - Santa is now accepting letters. The United States Postal Service said that as of Monday, it is now delivering children’s letters to St. Nick. The USPS called it “Operation Santa.” Children ...

Convicted fraudster Charlie Javice invoked her Holocaust-surviving grandmother in a letter pleading to a federal judge for mercy, insisting she accepts “full responsibility” for defrauding JPMorgan ...