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Designed using low voltage, heated vests are safe and cannot cause any serious injury to the wearer.
Best heated vest: Beat the cold weather with the right winter gear | PopSci Commerce Team | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe researchers haven’t yet measured the combined voltage of such attacks, but 10 Volta’s eels firing together could, in theory, power something like 100 light bulbs, de Santana says.
Some electric eels coordinate attacks to zap their prey | Jonathan Lambert | January 14, 2021 | Science NewsA group at Columbia University has now figured out how to merge the two efforts and write data to DNA using voltage differences applied to living bacteria.
Electricity and CRISPR used to write data to bacterial DNA | John Timmer | January 12, 2021 | Ars TechnicaHigher voltage engines, once confined to race cars, are now evolving “from race to road” in high-end brands like the Audi e-tron.
With it, the voltage needed to start the new CO2-to-ethanol reaction is far less than what’s needed to kickstart similar reactions, Liu says.
New solution for carbon dioxide: Turn it into ‘green’ fuel | Rebecca E. Hirsch | September 21, 2020 | Science News For Students
It succeeds within its own parameters, but it never administers the maximum-voltage jolt of genuine surprise.
Ted Thompson’s Debut Novel Features A 1 Percenter As Its Hero | Stefan Beck | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut where was the voltage, the sense of anticipation, the excitement?
To commit this “rudimentary political error,” he wrote, was to “touch a high-voltage line.”
China’s Glamorous First Lady Peng Liyuan Saving the Communist Party With Song | Eveline Chao | March 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut according to their assessment, the victim had already died after being electrocuted by the high-voltage fence.
A 2.6-meter high-voltage fence is intended to prevent inmates from escaping.
They were difficult to kill, and it required the maximum voltage of our electric guns to bring them down.
Spacewrecked on Venus | Neil R. JonesThis cell will have a voltage of two volts, a rather low internal resistance, and will be capable of delivering a large current.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousHe applied voltage till his generator groaned, and watched in awe as meters climbed and climbed without any sign of stopping.
Security | Poul William AndersonAn armature wound with very fine wire will deliver a current of high voltage but of low amperage.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagAn armature winding of large wire will deliver a current of great amperage, but of small voltage.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred Pag
British Dictionary definitions for voltage
/ (ˈvəʊltɪdʒ) /
an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts
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Scientific definitions for voltage
[ vōl′tĭj ]
A measure of the difference in electric potential between two points in space, a material, or an electric circuit, expressed in volts.
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