New radiation-resistant circuits could aid work in damaged nuclear power plants

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High-radiation environments are a silicon microchip's worst nightmare and even state-of-the-art radiation-shielded circuits can fry after just a couple hours of exposure. Now engineers at the University of Utah have come up with a micro-electromechanical system that could be used to build robots and computers that are impervious to such conditions and may help us deal with high bursts of space radiation, damaged nuclear power plants or even the aftermath of a nuclear attack... Continue Reading New radiation-resistant circuits could aid work in damaged nuclear power plants

Section: Electronics

Tags: MEMS, Nuclear, Radiation, Space, University of Utah

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