Electronic Components Features

Studies look at the long-term ageing of electronics in nuclear weapons

Studies look at the long-term ageing of electronics in nuclear weapons

Sandia National Laboratories is studying how environments, including radiation that originates from a nuclear weapon itself, could affect the performance of electronics in the W76-1 warhead as they age.

Rugged resistor is more than a pipe dream

Rugged resistor is more than a pipe dream

Cressall Resistors and Control Techniques collaborate on a project to produce a rugged braking system for pipe laying vessels.

Joining the race for efficient, safe energy storage

Joining the race for efficient, safe energy storage

Phil Edwards and Chad Hall discuss an alternative to batteries for energy storage systems based on ultracapacitors and take a closer look at the design of high-performance systems based on these components, or hybrid combinations of batteries and ultracapacitors, for the motorsport industry.

Superabsorbing ring could make light work of snaps

Superabsorbing ring could make light work of snaps

A quantum effect in which excited atoms team up to emit an enhanced pulse of light can be turned on its head to create 'superabsorbing' systems to make the 'ultimate camera pixel'.

Graphene's 'edge effect' may help in development of nanoribbon devices

Graphene's 'edge effect' may help in development of nanoribbon devices

Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory have discovered that the conductivity at the edges of graphene devices is different to the central material.

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