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News Intel's Hyper-Threading technology was in the news recently and it was all about the spotting of an attack vulnerability aimed at CPUs called PortSmash. It can steal decryption keys... Contributed Author: Nancy Owan...

(University of South Australia) One of Australia's biggest health issues could be checked if more people took up yoga or tai chi and reduced their blood pressure, an Australian study has found.

(Institute for Medical Psychology, Otto-v.-Guericke University Magdeburg) A new era in the management of glaucoma is ushered in by a landmark study published in the Journal of Glaucoma, Official Journal of the World Glau...

News Hearts 'run' on electrical pulses--and when doctors measure the electrical activity in a person's heart in order to determine his or hers heart condition, they generally rely on electrocardiography (ECG)... Contribu...

Product Announcement UnitedSiC announces the launch of its UF3C FAST series of 650 V and 1200 V high-performance silicon carbide FETs in a standard TO-247-3L package. The FAST Series offers increased switching speeds... ...

News ABB announced they're building a $150 million, automated, flexible robotics factory in Shanghai, China. The project will combine the company's connected digital technologies, collaborative robots, and artificial... ...

Product Announcement TRACO POWER has announced the release of their TMPS 10 series of 10 watt fully encapsulated pcb-mount power supplies that measure only 1.50 x 1.00 x 0.62" and requires no external components. The TMP...

News Physicists at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a new way to build quantum memories, a method for storing delicate quantum information encoded into pulses of light. "We've developed a new... Contrib...

News Industry experts forecast that more than 20 billion wireless devices of all types--from smart TVs, phones and home appliances to health care monitors and manufacturing process controls--will be connected... Contribu...

News Researchers have set a new efficiency record for LEDs based on perovskite semiconductors, rivalling that of the best organic LEDs (OLEDs). Compared to OLEDs, which are widely used in high-end consumer... Contributed...

News Robots aren't perfect, and on occasion they are faced with a task they cannot complete. To help robots communicate their inability, researchers at Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley... S...

News If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into something of a planetary porch light--a beacon strong.....

(Society for Neuroscience) Rodolfo Llinás, MD, PhD, Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and chairman emeritus of physiology and neuroscience at the New York University School of Medicine, will receive th...

Product Announcement Texas Instruments has introduced two new isolated Controller Area Network (CAN) flexible data rate (FD) transceivers that combine the industry's highest bus fault protection, highest common-mode tran...

News Scientists from Germany's Kiel University and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have used data from the European Space Agency (ESA), Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission to unveil ke...

News Ongoing growth in the mobile data market is driving the optical network hardware market, with wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) expected to play a key role in the market. That's the findings of a market researc...

News As quantum technology continues to come into its own, investment is happening on a global scale. Soon, we could see improvements in machine learning models, financial risk assessment and the discovery of new medicat...

Videos A team of researchers have delved into principle-based behavior paradigms pertaining to the ethical behavior of autonomous machines. Their paper argues that the behavior of autonomous systems should be developed b...

News Quantum computers are being developed by teams working not only at universities but also at Google, IBM, Microsoft and D-Wave, a start-up company. And things are evolving quickly, says Nicolas Sangouard... Contribut...

News Missouri University of Science and Technology has installed two new advanced lead battery microgrid systems at the campus's EcoVillage, a "living laboratory" that is home to solar-powered houses designed... Contribu...

News According to an analysis conducted by the Kaspersky Lab from Q1 of 2018, Microsoft Office applications are one of the most commonly exploited applications worldwide. A little under half of the complaints... Contribu...

News Hospital software still can't handle daylight saving time. Contributed Author: Sydney Lupkin, Kaiser Health News Topics: Surgical Products