Say you wanted to protect your Wi-Fi network from surrounding buildings. The most obvious way to do this would be to secure the devices on your network using the wireless security protocol of choice.

Many people have been wondering what a Faraday cage is and why they are important for emergency preparedness. A Faraday cage is a sealed enclosure that conducts electricity to the outer layer. Some ...

Looking like a deathtrap in a movie, this room at one of the ESA's test centers plays a critical role in satellite building. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of ...

While the threat of an EMP attack knocking out electronics and sending the world into an apocalyptic spiral seems far off, it's good to know that someone is working to protect us from it anyway.

Nanotechnology researchers at the University of Sydney now have a building that will make them the envy of the scientific community—with ultra-clean rooms, vibration-free floors and faraday cages ...

Electronics in the Life Sciences. By Stephen Young — When I visited Stephen Young in his laboratory in Edinburgh a few years ago, I was first struck by the size of his Faraday cage, and then, on ...