Scientists in Canada have shown off a groundbreaking way of controlling electrical currents at will by altering the typical behaviour of electrons. Researchers from the University of British Columbia ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) During a violent thunderstorm, while lightning illuminates the sky and rain lashes the landscape, a critical battle rages atop every utility pole and transmission tower. There, small ...

Long known as the hardest of all natural materials, diamonds are also exceptional thermal conductors and electrical insulators. Now, researchers have discovered a way to tweak tiny needles of diamond ...

Porcelain insulators have long been integral to electrical power systems, valued for their high dielectric strength, durability and reliability under challenging environmental conditions. Their ...

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Powerlink is busy preparing for the upcoming summer season with helicopters taking to the skies to wash insulators across North Queensland, Australia; a job critical to the continued safe and reliable ...

A team of US researchers has unveiled a device that can conduct electricity along its fractionally charged edges without ...