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

gizmag.com (11 months and 25 days ago)

Jun 25, 2012

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... full story

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