Most people by now know about lead and asbestos: toxic substances found in old buildings that can cause great harm to people’s health and the natural environment. But health and environmental experts ...

The term polyimide constitutes two words—poly and imide. While poly refers to polymers, the word imide refers to progressive imide monomers. Many manufacturers still use the standard FR-4 material for ...

It’s been nearly five months since NC State University closed Poe Hall after tests showed the presence of toxic chemicals. Further tests in the campus building, as well as a federal health evaluation, ...

Today, electronic devices have become powerful and reliable even in harsh conditions, thanks to printed circuit boards. Without a PCB, you do not have modern electronics. Printed Circuit Boards come ...

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At Absolute Resource Associates, an environmental testing firm in Portsmouth, PCBs bubble at the bottom of this extraction apparatus. In the white middle piece sits the samples being bathed in a ...

Most of us are familiar with the concept of producing PCBs in a panel, and snapping them apart afterwards. V-grooves that go most of the way through a PCB are one way to go about this, but a line of ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. Liquid simmers and gurgles in the bulbous ...