Copper's role in clean energy initiatives. Issues with copper mining. Possible alternative materials to copper. Copper and the circular economy. Most circuit designers probably aren’t thinking about, ...

A newly developed, highly conductive copper wire could find applications in the electric grid, as well as in homes and businesses. The finding defies what's been thought about how metals conduct ...

A routing-pattern multilayer package technology combines the low-resistance and high-frequency capabilities of copper with the strength and heat-dissipating properties of alumina ceramics. Developed ...

Zero-thermal-expansion (ZTE) materials are widely used in precision optics, cryogenic equipment, sensors, where even small temperature changes can cause performance problems. Yet creating ZTE ...

RICHLAND, Wash.—A common carbon compound is enabling remarkable performance enhancements when mixed in just the right proportion with copper to make electrical wires. It’s a phenomenon that defies ...

Most circuit designers probably aren’t thinking about, much less worrying about, the metal copper. But as the electrification of the world continues, copper conductors used in applications from ...