transformer
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Noam Shazeer, the Character.AI co-founder and co-author of the famous 2017 transformer paper that led to the current AI revolution, recently left for OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The company announced last year it was working on a new utility-scale transformer designed to handle data-center electric loads more efficiently.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Videos posted to social media appeared to show a plume of smoke rising from the stricken transformer.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The outage, which involved a transformer on the electricity grid, was related to extreme temperatures and did not injure anyone, the prefecture in the coastal department of Finistere said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
With a swift wing beat she alighted above a transformer on an electric utility pole.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The 33-year-old’s rounds include sniffing for burning equipment that could indicate overheating, feeling tubes for cracks and looking for faulty lighting or broken power transformers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Depending on the size of the site, you may also hear the thrum of transformers in substations channelling electricity.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Every data centre needs switchgear, transformers, cables, cooling systems and grid connectivity, and Indian manufacturers are already in that supply chain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
China already dominates the global market, as Cohen writes, in “wind turbines, high-voltage cables, transformers, solar panels, batteries, software to manage energy flows and more.”
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Reflecting Lawrence’s lack of conceit when it came to engineering, the machine incorporated the latest innovations of cyclotroneers across the country in designs for transformers, power transmission, the oscillator, and the ion source.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Physical Science - Energy - Middle School
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Physics - Middle School
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