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(Parkinson's Foundation) The Parkinson's Foundation announced the spring location of its biannual signature professional education course, Allied Team Training for Parkinson's, ATTP® in Boston, MA from April 1-4, 2020. ...

Rohde & Schwarz, in collaboration with LG Electronics Mobile Comm. U.S.A., Inc., have successfully verified Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) 3.0 features related to GEO-Fencing using an LG G8 ThinQ mobile smartphone. The ...

An advanced photonics on-wafer testing solution delivers industry-first capabilities including automated alignment, simultaneous optical-optical and optical-electrical device tests. The joint solution — offered by Comp...

Allegro MicroSystems announced the launch of the ARG81800--a robust, ultra-low Iq, low EMI DC/DC regulator ideal for keep-alive supply applications. The device sets a new standard, introducing features that help engineer...

The X1 SSD flash memory has been rigorously tested in sudden power fail situations and for reliability, offering excellent FIT rates. The industrial flash controller with hyMap® firmware, hyReliability™ features, and ...

TDK has announced the EPCOS Compact S14 AdvanceD-MP series of metal oxide disk varistors that feature smaller dimensions with the same excellent performance as comparable S14 AdvanceD-MP types. The disk diameters of the ...

Flex Power Modules announces the PKJ7200 and PKJ7300 series of power modules for railway rolling stock equipment. The new modules are designed for the demands of the EN 50155 standard for railway applications, including ...

(Credit: Gladskikh Tatiana/Shutterstock) Some of the biggest public health crises of the last few years can be traced back to animals. HIV got its start as a virus in monkeys, and Ebola probably jumped to humans from oth...

Fully leveraging its considerable expertise, so that customers have rapid access to simple and cost-effective interconnect solutions, Harwin has broadened the scope of its portfolio of ready-made high-reliability cable a...

Already widely used in smart electricity meters, STMicroelectronic's ST8500 powerline communication (PLC) chipset now enables smart meters to communicate through existing power cables or radio frequency (RF) waves, combi...

Data center administrators and IT managers want the ability to securely manage and trouble-shoot platforms and devices remotely, which requires that additional software, hardware and firmware be interfaced with storage a...

The new ix Industrial interface opens new opportunities, including cable manufacturers. Contributed by Horst Messerer, Product manager .Helukabel Hardly any other connector is as widely used as the RJ45 (also known as th...

(Elsevier) A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that home-visiting by trained community workers during and after pregnancy can improve...

(Children's National Hospital) Some chemical alternatives to plastic bisphenol-a (BPA), which is still commonly used in medical settings such as operating rooms and intensive care units, may be less disruptive to heart e...

(UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) UNC Lineberger researchers discovered a biological signature that could help identify which triple negative breast cancers might respond to immunotherapy and other treatments.

(Indiana University) The US Food and Drug Administration has awarded $1.7 million to five universities, including Indiana University, for a wide-ranging research project designed to help the agency better understand how ...

(Alzheimer's Association) The Alzheimer's Association and University College London (UCL) are partnering to study brain aging and dementia in 500 individuals whose health and health-related behaviors have been documented...

(Washington State University) Washington State University-led research has discovered infertile men have identifiable patterns of epigenetic molecules or biomarkers attached to their sperm DNA that aren't present in fert...

(Michigan State University) The US opioid epidemic is still raging -- it's particularly pronounced in low-income areas and in those where people lack access to health care services, which includes cities in Michigan and ...

(Nanyang Technological University) NTU Singapore scientists have discovered that a type of immune cell known as 'pancreatic islet macrophages' is capable of promoting insulin production during the pre-diabetes phase.

(Michigan State University) What happens behind the scenes when employees are accused of harassment? New research from Michigan State University revealed that almost half of accused harassers can go back to work when dis...

(The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth) Findings from a new study led by researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine show that the way in which pharmaceutical companies are permitted to share information ab...