When it comes to truly cutting our planet’s carbon footprint it's corporations, their banks and senior politicians that really hold the key to unlocking environmental strategies that will have a significant global effect. Forget the criticisms often levelled a...

By Paul Whytock | 01-04-2020

There are various types of fuses on the market today, although they can broadly be divided into two categories: slow-blow and fast-blow fuses. One of their key functions is to act as a circuit protection component to protect the circuit from over-current and o...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 30-03-2020

Temperature sensors are a useful piece of electronics for many reasons and are used throughout many manufacturing industries to monitor the temperature of many processes and environments. Temperature sensors have become an even more vital piece of kit this yea...

By Liam Critchley | 27-03-2020

Gallium nitride (GaN) enables smaller, lighter, more efficient desktop AC-DC power supply series for portable products. Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a wide bandgap semiconductor. When utilised within power supplies, GaN offers improved efficiency, decreased size,...

By Rob Coppinger | 26-03-2020

Reliable, portable, rubber bonded low-cost electrical components could be fitted to stroke or sports injury victims’ bodies as part of their rehabilitation at home. Imperial College London (ICL) researchers have invented a way to bond a stretchy and squeezy fo...

By Rob Coppinger | 25-03-2020

The world is currently in a state of crisis. The recent coronavirus pandemic, codenamed COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is wreaking havoc across many countries, leaving many deaths in its wake while shutting down modern-day life and travel as we know it. Even in today’...

By Liam Critchley | 23-03-2020

The uniformed always talk about using hydrogen as a source of energy - after all, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, isn’t it? True enough, and even here on our planet, hydrogen makes up almost one percent of the Earth’s crust by weight. Bu...

Environment | By Gary Elinoff | 20-03-2020

The uniformed always talk about using hydrogen as a source of energy - after all, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, isn’t it? True enough, and even here on our planet, hydrogen makes up almost one percent of the Earth’s crust by weight. Bu...

Articles | By Gary Elinoff | 20-03-2020

The uniformed always talk about using hydrogen as a source of energy - after all, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, isn’t it? True enough, and even here on our planet, hydrogen makes up almost one percent of the Earth’s crust by weight. Bu...

Insights | By Gary Elinoff | 20-03-2020

The uniformed always talk about using hydrogen as a source of energy - after all, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, isn’t it? True enough, and even here on our planet, hydrogen makes up almost one percent of the Earth’s crust by weight. Bu...

Educational | By Gary Elinoff | 20-03-2020

Climate change has manifested as a worldwide, man-made issue and unless measures are put into place in the near future, it is likely that the world will continue to see temperature rises, erratic weather systems and further melting of the polar ice caps. There...

By Liam Critchley | 19-03-2020

Energy costs are an important consideration for industrial companies, typically accounting for an average of 30% of operating costs although this can be as high as 50% for data centres. One problem is load harmonics. These are signals with frequencies that are...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 16-03-2020