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Abstract: In addition to common faults such as loss of current in the secondary circuit of current transformers and loss of voltage in the secondary circuit of voltage transformers, there are also ...

In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules. Alexander Mordvintsev showed me two clumps of pixels on ...

Fred L. Pincus does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

It’s not uncommon for large companies to acquire startups primarily for their talent rather than their product. Acquihires, as they are called, allow big companies to gain talented employees, while ...

While inflation is down from a year ago, it has recently started to creep back upward again. When you throw in high interest rates and declining wage growth, many Americans are feeling the financial ...

Wild tomatoes rooted on the raw lava of Fernandina and Isabela Islands have done something biologists once filed under “nearly impossible,” reviving a molecular defense that disappeared from their ...

DC Comics is well known for creating some of the most iconic villains in all of fiction, from Lex Luthor to the Joker. The truth is, however, that none of them hold a candle to the Flash’s archenemy: ...