“Really Bizarre” – Physicists Uncover a Quantum Material That Breaks All the Rules

A University of Michigan-led team has discovered quantum oscillations within an insulator’s bulk, overturning conventional understanding of material behavior and hinting at a mysterious “new duality” ...
The Lufkin Daily News

Rail conductor who was struck by a train and killed is identified as a Montana man

COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday identified a BNSF Railway conductor who was fatally struck by a passing train as a 52-year-old Montana man. Daniel Peterson died at the scene of the ...
C&EN

Spin-Selective Second-Order Topological Insulators Enabling Cornertronics in Two-Dimensional Altermagnets

Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China ...
IEEE

The Detecting System and Method of Quasi-Distributed Fiber Bragg Grating for Overhead Transmission Line Conductor Ice and Composite Insulator Icing Load

Abstract: Transmission lines icing is destructive to the operation of the power grid. There is a lack of methods to monitor overhead transmission line conductors and insulators for icing load ...
IEEE

Design and Test of 500-kV Lightning Protection Insulator

Abstract: In this paper, based on insulation coordination and simulation, a lightning protection composite insulator is proposed, made up of an insulation part and an arrester part connected in series ...