voltage

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An uncontrolled, sudden increase in voltage in the system "on a day with multiple concurrent phenomena" led to instability and "cascading generation", it said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

"The reactive power assets in the system were not able to address the sudden voltage rise," the report said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

When the team applied a negative voltage across the membrane, it triggered a chemical reaction inside the nanopore.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Over time, SMR has been widely used to interpret results from many types of experiments, including magnetoresistance measurements, spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance, harmonic Hall voltage studies, magnetic field sensors, and switching of magnetization or Néel vectors.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Every component of the machine was disassembled, rebuilt, and reassembled, under the impetus to reach a new voltage threshold.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik