What is it about the electrical system in a car that will make an otherwise intrepid hot rodder shudder with fear when confronted with an electrical problem? Whatever the phobia, most hot rodders make ...

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 ...

In an age where food can be assembled by a printer and bacteria can be engineered to produce gold, surely talking billboards cannot be that far away. A team of students from London’s Royal College of ...

Want to string together some holiday lights? Or test an idea for a circuit? A new elastic silver ink could let users jot down electrical circuits and wiring on walls ...

Japanese startup invents a marker pen with conductive ink allowing the user to draw electrical circuits. It's being tipped to revolutionize the electronics industry. A Tokyo-based startup has invented ...

We all carry supercomputers in our pockets and use dozens of electric gizmos every day but rarely stop to marvel at the magical act of flicking a switch. Use your ordinary conducting and extraordinary ...

These light up paper circuit cards were much easier to make than I expected and only need a few inexpensive materials.

A circuit is a closed loop containing various components. Electrical current flows around the circuit. Scientists use symbols to represent the different components in a circuit. Symbols are simplified ...