Sentences with phrase «electrical current travels»

The resulting electrical current travels via underground cables to a substation, where it is converted to a higher voltage for the larger electricity transmission or distribution grid.

That contrasts sharply with other ephemeral events at similar altitudes, which glimmer into being when electrical current travels upward from lightning clouds at altitudes of about 10 km.

Electrical currents travel through an animal more or less effectively depending on its outer layer.

In «A researcher reveals the shocking truth about electric eels» (SN: 10/14/17, p. 4), Mariah Quintanilla reported on a biologist who recorded the electrical current traveling through his own arm during an electric eel's attack.

Devices that detect seizures are not new — researchers have tested sweat - sensing wristbands that can detect seizures via electrical currents travelling across the skin — but Ryan and Kathryn's detection system has an advantage.

Not exact matches

They first isolated a buckyball on a metal surface with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), which images the atomic contours of a surface by measuring changes in the electrical current that travels between the surface and an ultrasharp tip that scans across it.

When energized by electrical current, the bonded layer produces light that travels through channels in the silicon to a «modulator» that flickers the light tens of billions of times per second.

I forgot how clearly this film was designed to be a new «Nightmare on Elm Street,» complete with its own Freddy Krueger, a serial killer (played by Mitch Pileggi) who can possess people and travel through electrical currents.

A plug - in hybrid operates like a normal gasoline - electric hybrid but can be plugged in to regular electrical current overnight to charge the batteries to the point where, GM claims, the Vue will be able to travel 34 miles on electric power alone.

Electrical burns: Most common among electricians, electrical burns occur when a current travels through the body and meets resistance in tissues, resulting in burnElectrical burns: Most common among electricians, electrical burns occur when a current travels through the body and meets resistance in tissues, resulting in burnelectrical burns occur when a current travels through the body and meets resistance in tissues, resulting in burn injuries.

Because electricity travels through the metallic parts of electrical tools and machines, the person in contact with the current can suffer severe electrical shock and burns.