From the processors in phones to the motherboards of computers, silver tracings of electronic circuitry underlie many common devices. But scientists are now putting circuit design in the hands of the ...

People have been using pens to jot down their thoughts for thousands of years but now engineers at the University of Illinois have developed a silver-inked rollerball pen that allows users to jot down ...

Digi-Key, the electronic component distributor, has decided to venture into schematic tools with Scheme-it, a free web-based schematic drawing and diagramming tool. Designed using HTML5 technology, ...

For electricity to flow, everything needs to be connected in a big ring. It’s called a circuit. For example, the lights in most houses and flats are part of a circuit controlled by the consumer unit, ...

Electrical ladder drawings are still one of the common and reliable tools used to troubleshoot equipment when it fails. As with any good troubleshooting tool, one must be familiar with its basic ...

Electrical circuits and systems lie at the very heart of modern technology, underpinning applications that range from power supply units and embedded systems to high‐speed communication networks and ...

Branch circuits are exactly that: they are the circuits that branch from the main electrical panel and carry electricity to all parts of the house. There are many safety conditions to consider when ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics honors three quantum physicists—John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis—for their study of quantum mechanics in a macroscopic electrical circuit. The Nobel ...