BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 24 -- Electricity, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of electrical engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 5, Issue 4): * Article - A New Method to Assess the Reliability and Security of Urban Electrical Substations * Article - A Novel Non-Unit Protection Method for MMC-HVDC Transmission Lines Based on the Ratio of Line-Mode Voltage Second Deriva  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 23 -- Instruments, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it provides an advanced forum for studies related to the design and applications of instruments and apparatus, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 4). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A New Approach to Enhancing Radiation Hardness in Advanced Nuclear Radiation Detectors Subjected to Fast Neutrons * Article - A Review of the M  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 (TNSwrap) (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following MIT in the Media: 2024 in Review: * * * MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges. * * * From a new Institute-wide effort aimed at addressing climate change to a collaborative that brings together MIT researchers and local hospitals to advance health and medicine, a Nobel prize win for two economists exami  more

HAMILTON, New York, Dec. 23 -- Colgate University issued the following news: A grant from the National Science Foundation will bring a new field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) to Colgate University, complete with a suite of high-tech detectors that will allow for new research in geology, physics, biology, computer science, and other fields. "[The detectors] are incredibly versatile," says primary investigator (PI) Martin Wong, professor of earth and environmental geosciences. "  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Back in the early days of his college career, Chad Parish realized his curiosity and interests were drawing him to the type of work he performs today in the Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis, or LAMDA, laboratory at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Using microscopy and microstructural characterization, he reveals the intricate  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The call came at 8 on a Monday morning. "Izzy, I got a problem," the voice of Charlie Herbert, founder of the Giles Community Garden, cracked through Izzy Largen's phone speaker. It was Sept. 30, just two days after Hurricane Helene had caused devastating flooding throughout the southeast, including Giles County. Largen, assistant director for food access initiatives with VT Engage, met Herbert through Thrive, a netwo  more