If you've ever had an overflow of boiling pasta water, you've probably earned a few water stains on your electric stovetop.

[Tom Murphy], Physics prof at UCSD decided to test out exactly how efficiently he could boil water. Armed with a gas stove, electric kettle, microwave, and a neat laser pointer/photodiode setup ...

Induction surfaces can boil water in about half the time it takes ... If you already have an electric stove, you may already have one of those in your kitchen. If you're switching from gas ...

This is unlike Britain, where electric kettles are standard for boiling water ... which powers the coil and heats up the water. Americans mostly use stove-top kettles. The kettle is filled ...

milk and tea – electric kettles are capable of boiling water up to three times faster than a traditional stove or induction cooktop. You can also set the precise temperature, which is essential ...