If you've ever messed around with a car's electrical system or fitted toys like auxiliary lights and winches, you may be familiar with the art of soldering– splicing wires together. It's not hard, but ...

Ah, soldering. It’s great for sticking surface mount parts to a PCB, and it’s really great for holding component legs in a plated through-hole. It also does a pretty great job of holding two spliced ...

A method of splicing nanoscopic wires could enable engineers to make speedy electronic circuits featuring molecular components. Individual molecules may one day take the place of standard electronic ...