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News Google has secured FCC approval to operate miniature radar-based sensors at higher power levels than currently allowed, opening the door for future real-world use. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Devices

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A research team led by scientists at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health report on a new method to help health officials control outbreaks of me...

Product Announcement Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new socket addressing high performance requirements for Burn-in and Test applications - SBT-BGA-6558. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 31 gram act...

News The cost of prepaid cellphone service in Missouri slightly increased on Tuesday as the state joined most of the rest of the country in charging a tax to fund 911 emergency call centers. Contributed Author: David A. ...

Product Announcement AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components and interconnect, sensor, control, and antenna solutions, introduced a new line of ultraminiature, thin-film tra...

News Windstream has sold the EarthLink consumer internet business to a private equity firm, in a move the company says helps narrow focus to its two largest business units. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Mergers an...

News Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai called the outage that began Thursday "completely unacceptable" because people who need help couldn't use the emergency number. Contributed Author: Keith Ridler, A...

News Work related to the Federal Communications Commission's millimeter wave spectrum auctions will continue, as the agency prepares to temporarily halt most of its other operations Thursday. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher...

Product Announcement Automotive applications are increasingly depending on microcontrollers (MCUs) with embedded flash memory to ensure the high performance and reliability required for safety-critical and infotainment a...

Product Announcement OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced the OV9284, a 1-megapixel global shutter image sensor. This latest addition to OmniVision's automotive portfolio is ideal for in-cabin camera modules in passen...

The race to space is still a global phenomenon, with more studies emerging every year about the world beyond our own. As technology emerges, satellites are equipped... Staff Author: Ashley Osbun Topics: MIL/AERO

Article We live in a digital age where threats have morphed from outside physical threats to cyber ones. Cyber threats have the capacity to create chaos and decimate lives with little more than the push of a button. Tech...

Article Emergency situations often call for brave men and women to take action against all odds. In situations where human life is threatened or at risk, robots can be utilized to investigate, neutralize threats, and com...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) For the first time, scientists have created a scavenging molecule that provides long-lasting preventative protection against toxic nerve agents in rodents.

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A study carried out by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania finds that low wages and poor benefits leave man...

(Rockefeller University) Scientists discovered a genetic variant that greatly increases a person's likelihood of developing tuberculosis. Their research elucidates how this mutation affects the immune system, and points ...

(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) High LDL a leading risk factor for heart disease. Many cholesterol medications lower LDL, some of them by targeting the protein PCSK9. In the January issue of the...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A new study found that age-related hearing loss increased the risk of depression symptoms.

(Bentham Science Publishers) The seventh volume of the series covers topics such as drug delivery, new avenues for treatment of esophageal cancer and the role of nutrigenomics in finding new therapies.

(Queen Mary University of London) Allowing smokers to determine their nicotine intake while they are trying to quit is likely to help them kick the habit, according to an early study in 50 people led by Queen Mary Univer...

(Gladstone Institutes) A recent study led at the Gladstone Institutes, and published in the journal Cell Reports, characterizes silent seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome and identifies a new brain area that cou...

(University of Washington) Female Magellanic penguins are more likely to die at sea as juveniles, which has caused a skewed sex ratio of nearly three adult males to every female, as well as population decline of more tha...