Medical News
What Do Electrolyte Supplements Really Do for Athletes? Not a Whole Lot, Study Finds
Discover - 26 Feb 2020 21:45
For athletes worried about being over- or under-hydrated, watching water intake levels is probably more effective than taking electrolytes.
Hot topic: Electric vehicle components get more sophisticated thermal models
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 21:39
The high electrical currents of fast charging are forcing designers to invent standard techniques for predictably modeling heat and cooling. Dr. Michael Ludwig, T&C Core Technologies, TE Connectivity The only way electri...
Programmable dc supplies put out up to 6 kV
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 17:21
New models in the MagnaDC programmable dc power supply product line feature increased output isolation ratings now up to 6,000 Vdc. The 35 new isolated high voltage models join over 1,000 models in Magna-Power's MagnaDC ...
Test setup handles true-wireless-stereo IC checks
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 15:44
A complete test solution for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) chips incorporates wireless RF and MCU tests as well as digital, analog, and mixed-signal measurements. The economical Chroma 3380 test systems satisfy price-consci...
Dual Arm Cortex-A7 MCUs run at 800 MHz
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 11:51
STMicroelectronics is expanding its STM32MP1 microprocessor (MPU) offering with the addition of new authorized partners, new software functionalities, and a significant performance bump by increasing the clock speed to 8...
Video enhancement software targets multi-camera smartphones
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 11:48
IMINT Image Intelligence AB announced the introduction of a series of new solutions that will revolutionize how consumers experience video on their smartphones. With its next generation of enhancement technology - which ...
MOSFET designed to protect battery overcharge in wireless earphones
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 11:41
MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation announced that the company is entering the wireless earphone market with the introduction of a new MOSFET for wireless earphones for preventing the battery from overcharging. This MOSF...
Security platform offers cyberthreat prevention and remediation
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 11:36
BlackBerry Limited announced the BlackBerry Spark platform with a new unified endpoint security (UES) layer which can work with BlackBerry unified endpoint management (UEM) to deliver zero trust security. Leveraging arti...
Device-side IO-Link-compliant transceiver IC features advanced protection circuitry, low power dissipation
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2020 08:07
The CCE4503 is a new IO-Link IC that connects the smallest and most price-sensitive IO-Link Device sensors and actuators. The CCE4503 is the first IO-Link IC to be launched by Dialog Semiconductor following its acquisiti...
Comparing PFAS exposures in female firefighters and office workers
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(American Chemical Society) Firefighters have higher rates of some cancers than the general population, which might not be surprising given the many potential carcinogens they encounter while battling blazes. However, pr...
Drinks with added sugars linked to lipid imbalance, which increases CVD risk
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages daily was linked to lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), ('good' cholesterol), and higher triglyceride levels, both of which can increase car...
Drivers of expensive cars less likely to yield for pedestrians: UNLV study
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Nevada, Las Vegas) What does the car you drive say about your manners? New UNLV study finds that drivers of flashy cars are less likely to yield for pedestrians.
Cognitive impairment after intensive care linked to long-lasting inflammation
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(Karolinska Institutet) People who have been treated in intensive care commonly suffer from residual cognitive impairment, but the reason for this is unknown. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now link cogni...
ALS mystery illuminated by blue light
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(Research Organization of Information and Systems) The first optogenetic ALS animal model is developed using zebrafish, in which the key symptoms of ALS, including TDP-43 aggregation, are reproducible in the intact neuro...
Cannabis compound acts as an antibiotic
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(American Chemical Society) Public health agencies worldwide have identified antibiotic resistance of disease-causing bacteria as one of humanity's most critical challenges. However, scientists haven't discovered a new c...
Metabolic health and weight management key to minimizing diabetes risk
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Increased fat distribution during menopause has long been shown to increase insulin resistance and the risk of diabetes. A new study based on data from the Women's Health Ini...
McMaster researchers uncover hidden antibiotic potential of cannabis
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(McMaster University) The research team found that CBG had antibacterial activity against drug-resistant MRSA. It prevented the ability of that bacteria to form biofilms, which are communities of microorganisms that atta...
Metals could be the link to new antibiotics
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Queensland) Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance. University of Queensland researchers, working ...
Mount Sinai physicians first in US analyzing lung disease in coronavirus patients
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Findings from CT scans of COVID-19 cases from China provide new insight that could lead to quicker diagnosis.
Multi-sensor band quickly and simply records subtle changes in patients with MS
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of California - San Diego) An international team of scientists, led by UC San Diego researchers, has developed a new, multi-sensor tool that measures subtle changes in multiple sclerosis patients, allowing ph...
New bile discovery will rewrite textbooks
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(Michigan State University) Forget what you know about bile because that's about to change, thanks to a new discovery made by Michigan State University and published in the current issue of Nature.
New book on tracking, monitoring disease outbreaks, including COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 26 Feb 2020 07:00
(Virginia Tech) Ron Fricker, a Virginia Tech professor, wrote a book titled 'Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague.'