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Plug-in boards are now available for blocking the airflow in an otherwise empty OpenVPX slot. They come in 3U and 6U sizes in the 5HP (1.0 in) width commonly used in the backplane architecture. The air slot blocker board...

The 2020 LEAP (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) Awards will celebrate the most innovative and forward-thinking products serving the design engineering space. This year's program will open as scheduled on Ma...

Experts explain why time, technique, soap and willingness to do it are key.

Eczema sufferers have long relied on lotions and creams to keep symptoms at bay. But the condition does more to the body than wreak havoc on the skin, prompting a need for better treatments.

5G is bringing higher bandwidth to mobile users, which pushes more data on the optical networks. Optical networks need greater capacity and more flexibility. Every mobile phone user expects 5G to let them download movies...

The newest additions to Balluff's line of distance sensors feature selectable modes that allow users to choose between IO-Link, voltage (0...10 V or 1...10 V), or analog (4...20 mA) outputs. The two new variations -- the...

Infineon Technologies AG expands its CoolSiC Schottky diode 1200 V portfolio by adding six devices in a D²PAK real 2-pin package. Using SMD packages, designs can be more compact and more cost-effective. Moreover, the ne...

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered in mice what they believe is the first known genetic mutation to impr...

(King's College London) Researchers from King's College London have shown that a combination of approaches that aim to address unhealthy lifestyles, access to healthcare and social issues could reduce the gap in life exp...

(JAMA Network) Evaluating the association of underlying cardiovascular disease and myocardial injury on fatal outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

(University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto) In the current situation when the fear of virus infections in the public is common, it is good to remember that some viruses can be extremely beneficial for mankind, e...

(JAMA Network) In this study of 72,000 adolescents and young adults, higher risk of youth overdose was associated with exposure to family members with opioid prescriptions and young people's own opioid prescriptions.

(Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) An international collaboration led by veterinary scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has found that size of a dog heart affects bot...

(Human Frontier Science Program) The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today some $33 million USD to support the top 4% of the HFSP Research Grant applications over the coming th...

(Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) A plant-based diet can help prevent and manage asthma, while dairy products and high-fat foods raise the risk, according to a new review published in Nutrition in Clinical ...

(Tohoku University) Screening is important for the early detection of cervical cancer, but rates were significantly affected, in some areas for years, following a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

(Babraham Institute) Identifying interventions that improve vaccine efficacy in older persons is vital to deliver healthy ageing for an ageing population. Immunologists at the Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK, have iden...

(National Institutes of Natural Sciences) Monkeys devalue rewards when they anticipate that another monkey will get them instead. Researchers from the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Okazaki, Japan showed that...

(Loyola University Health System) A review of published data and analysis on the Spanish flu, found that cities that adopted early and broad isolation and prevention measures had disease and mortality rates that were 30%...

(Worldwide Cancer Research ) Researchers at the VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands have tested a new drug in patient samples and mice with multiple myeloma and discovered that it was effective even in advanc...

(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 12 reported outside its natural niche, the cultured prostate cancer stem cells lost their tumor-inducing capability and stem cell marker expression after approximately 8 ...

(University of Pennsylvania) Using a newly developed laboratory model of three types of brain cells, Penn and CHOP scientists reveal how HIV infection -- as well as the drugs that treat it -- can take a toll on the centr...