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Sandia computer modeling aids solder reliability in nuclear weapons
December 20, 2017
Solder isn’t the first thing that comes to mind as essential to a nuclear weapon. But since weapons…
Crash-tolerant data storage
August 25, 2015
In a computer operating system, the file system is the part that writes data to disk and tracks…
DARPA Seeks to Create Software Systems That Could Last 100 Years
April 10, 2015
As modern software systems continue inexorably to increase in complexity and capability, users have become accustomed to periodic…
More-flexible digital communication
December 12, 2014
Communication protocols for digital devices are very efficient but also very brittle: They require information to be specified…
DARPA Virtual Lab Advances Ability to Test Critical Microelectronics
December 11, 2014
Under the auspices of DARPA’s Integrity and Reliability of Integrated Circuits program, researchers from the Naval Surface Warfare…
Health screening for industrial machines
November 4, 2014
Germany’s Industry 4.0 initiative aims to develop industrial machinery with built-in intelligence based on smart self-monitoring functions. Researchers…
Harnessing error-prone chips
October 30, 2014
As transistors get smaller, they also grow less reliable. Increasing their operating voltage can help, but that means…
New frontier in error-correcting codes
October 2, 2014
Error-correcting codes are one of the glories of the information age: They’re what guarantee the flawless transmission of…
An end to drug errors? Scanning system that ensures patients get the right pills
August 29, 2014
MIT alumni entrepreneurs Gauti Reynisson MBA ’10 and Ívar Helgason HS ’08 spent the early 2000s working for…
Crash-testing rivets
August 6, 2014
Rivets have to reliably hold the chassis of an automobile together – even if there is a crash.…
Adding precision to plastics testing
September 3, 2013
Plastics play an important role in many consumer items. But testing precisely how much load these plastic parts…
Pumped storage provides grid reliability even with net generation loss
July 9, 2013
Pumped hydro storage plants serve an important role on electric power systems: they improve system-wide efficiency and reliability by…
Century-old automotive manufacturing technique to enhance miniaturized medical devices
April 30, 2013
While automotive and medical device manufacturing may seemingly have little in common, the latter has long benefited from…
How much electric supply capacity is needed to keep U.S. electricity grids reliable?
January 28, 2013
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the electric reliability organization certified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish…
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