The term “vacuum” means many different things depending whether you are working on space equipment, scientific instruments, or even internal combustion engines. In our sphere it is so often used as a ...

[Nixie] wants to make semiconductors at home, and that requires some unusual tools. Chief among them is a vacuum chamber to perform thin-film deposition, and true to the hacker credo his is homemade, ...

A vacuum chamber is a rigid enclosure from which air and other gases are removed by a vacuum pump. This results in a low pressure environment within the chamber, commonly referred to as a vacuum. A ...

Building custom parts often means learning new skills or getting out of your comfort zone, especially if you want to create something that is really cool. While most hot rodders can fabricate brackets ...

Dynavac of Hingham, Mass., and Matrix Systems of Tulsa, Okla., were recently awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems worth more than $20 million to build the thermal vacuum chamber that ...

What happens when you put snow in a vacuum chamber? In this video from Cody's Lab, we find out. At first, the results don't seem very exciting. But if you know what to look for, there's a fascinating ...