Engineers Design Power Structures That Help Keep the Lights On

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 15:40 in Physics & Chemistry

Iowa State University engineers are developing new and improved poles to carry electricity across the countryside. They say the new structures -- which can bend and deflect an extreme load -- would be cheaper, easier to install, more secure and more resistant to cascading failures. That means better electrical service for everybody.

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