When people think about geological faults, they usually think about earthquakes. Yet faults do not move only during ...

Abstract: Arc faults are a major cause of electrical fires. Due to the diversity of load types, existing arc fault detection (AFD) methods struggle to cover all load types, making the development of a ...

Abstract: The availability of advanced sensors and computing enables early detection of faults and failures in large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. However, small variations in current and ...

One major earthquake striking Caracas, where older buildings are vulnerable to strong shaking, could have caused widespread damage. A pair of them less than a minute apart was uniquely catastrophic, ...

Scientists are raising the alarm after a new study found the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults have reached their highest tectonic stress level in 1,000 years, causing concerns about “an imminent ...

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Stress levels beneath Southern California’s two most dangerous fault systems have climbed to their highest in at least 1,000 years, prompting fresh concerns that the long-feared “Big One” may be ...