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Test solutions supplier integrates VNA to accelerate measurements in 5G semiconductor test platform
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 19:17
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that its collaboration with Marvin Test Solutions, Inc. (MTS) - a supplier of functional test solutions - has resulted in the development of a fast and accurate 5G semiconductor manu...
More MDO3000 Series scope menus and front panel controls
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 23:55
A previous article covered many of the Tektronix MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope menus and front panel controls. Now we bring the survey closer to completion. Rather than memorizing all the details, you can refer to the user...
Keysight Infiniium S-Series scopes now available from Newark
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 21:10
The electronics distributor Newark will now handle a new line of Keysight Technologies oscilloscopes, adding to its extensive range available for same-day shipping. With the industry's best signal integrity, Infiniium S-...
First 8.3-MP image sensors feature LED flicker mitigation, 140 dB dynamic range
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 19:24
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced the first two members of its new automotive image sensor platform--the 8MP, front-view OX08A and OX08B. The high-resolution OX08A features the automotive industry's best HDR, while...
High-isolation current sensors handle overload current bursts up to 20 kA
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 19:08
LEM has expanded its range of miniature, integrated circuit sensors for AC and DC isolated-current measurement with the introduction of their new HMSR series. Despite being a small size, these components can handle overl...
PMICs optimized to work with STM32MP1 Arm Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M4 core MCUs
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 19:04
With features including four DC/DC buck converters, a boost DC/DC converter, and six low-dropout regulators (LDOs), the STMicroelectronics STPMIC1 power-management IC (PMIC) satisfies the complex power demands of highly ...
UL/EN62368-1 certified low-profile open-frame supplies handle up to 300 W
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 19:00
Cosel announced the addition of four new series of open frame, low profile, compact power supplies covering the range of 30W to 100W and UL/EN62368-1 certified. The LHA30F, LHA50F, LHA75F and LHA100F complement Cosel's e...
Keysight's 5G conformance testing for 5G selected by testing laboratory
Medical Design Technology - 9 Dec 2019 18:06
Keysight Technologies announced that the company’s 5G conformance test solutions have been selected by Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) for global 5G new radio (NR) device certification. KTL, an internationally renowned ...
Medicaid expansion doubled access to primary care, increased attention to health risks
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) When Michigan expanded its Medicaid program to cover more low-income residents, its leaders built in special features to encourage enrollees to understand their health risks, ...
Exercise yields some cardiovascular benefits in children with excess weight
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds with obesity and overweight improved key measures of their cardiovascular ...
Finding support outside the clinic -- the intersection of instagram and miscarriage
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Thomas Jefferson University) An interdisciplinary team of researchers explore how women use the platform to talk openly about the emotional distress of a miscarriage and how social media can inform patient care.
Have your health and eat meat too
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(University of South Australia) Barbecued, stir-fried or roasted, there's no doubt that Aussies love their meat. Consuming on average nearly 100 kilograms of meat per person per year, Australians are among the top meat c...
How a penalty shootout is decided in the brain
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)/German Primate Center) Decision-making is controlled by different nerve cells.
How playing the drums changes the brain
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Ruhr-University Bochum) People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function. The results of a study by researchers from Bochum suggest that they have fewer, but t...
Identification of a key protein linked to ageing
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Institut Pasteur) Ageing is a dramatic public health issue in the face of the current demographic changes: the proportion of 60 and over in the world's population will almost double by 2050. In this context, a new disco...
Isolated, vulnerable, and apathetic
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Although HIV infection rates are high among the transgender community in Russia, many transgender people know very little about the virus, as well as their own he...
Lactobacillus balances gut microbiome and improves chronic-alcohol-induced liver injury
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Researchers demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus can dose-dependently reestablish a balanced intestinal microbiome and counter the liver-damaging effects of alcohol ...
Major grant funds educational outcomes study of New Jersey children with special needs
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Kessler Foundation) 'This study will benefit children with disabilities by improving the coordination between healthcare systems, schools, and families,' said Dr. O'Neill. 'We anticipate new interventions that support g...
NTU scientists uncover structure of key pneumonia virus enzyme
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Nanyang Technological University) A team of molecular and structural biologists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found a potential new route to disabling respiratory syncytial virus ...
New York makes plant-based hospital meals the law
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) The Physicians Committee -- a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members -- applauds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing into law a landmark bill that guarantees hos...
New bone healing mechanism has potential therapeutic applications
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) A new mechanism that contributes to adult bone maintenance and repair opens the possibility of developing therapeutic strategies for improving bone healing.
New diagnostic methods to monitor blood disorders enabled by bio-rad's droplet digital PCR technology showcased at 2019 Ash Annual Meeting
EurekAlert! - 9 Dec 2019 07:00
(CG Life) Scientists will present over 40 abstracts highlighting research driven in part by Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology at ASH. The research presented will illustrate the sensitivity, precision, and speed of B...