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BlackBerry Limited announced the launch of QNX Black Channel Communications Technology, a new software solution that OEMs and embedded software developers can use to ensure safe data communication exchanges within their ...

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced it has expanded its UltraVolt LE Series of high voltage DC-to-DC converters with the introduction of three new models with higher maximum output voltage. AE's new 20LE, 25LE and...

Sunstu has released their Ultra-Miniature GPS Saw Filter with a PCB footprint of only 1.1mm x 0.9mm. The use of RF Filters in Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) is a necessity but it can be a challenge to find the small...

TT Electronics announced the addition of ten new product families to its professional audio portfolio. The portfolio expansion includes the introduction of five rotary potentiometer families, four slide potentiometers fa...

In one of my previous electronics-engineering editing lives in a state 3000 miles away from where I am now, I had the honor of being the editor-in-chief of what was then a rather significant (and hefty) publication calle...

Laird Connectivity has announced the upcoming Sentrius MG100 Micro-Gateway which simplifies bridging Bluetooth sensor data to the cloud. Powered by the Pinnacle 100 cellular modem, the MG100 Micro-Gateway combines long-r...

Würth Elektronik complements its AEC-Q200 product group of qualified radio interference suppression chokes with an SMT-mountable model: WE-RCIS. The rod core choke, available in four versions, is characterized by its hi...

Part 3 looked at how Fresnel enhanced to the performance of his lens in the lighthouse application; this part looks at how the lens itself has been extended by new materials and manufacturing techniques and found modern ...

Part 2 looked at the background to Fresnel along with the principle and implementation of his innovative lens. This part extends that investigation by looking at closely related innovations which he developed to maximize...

(University of Turku) A Finnish study coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku, Finland, shows that exposure to parental smoking in childhood and ado...

(Flinders University) Evolutionary biology aims to explain how new species arise and evolve to occupy myriad niches -- but it is not a singular or simplistic story. Rare bees found in high mountain areas of Fiji provide ...

(Wiley) The Cochrane Review, 'Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff,' has been updated as a rapid review in response to th...

(University of Virginia Health System) Researcher Zhen Yan, PhD, is urging people to exercise based on his COVID-19 findings, which also suggest a potential treatment approach.

(Boston University) BU biomedical engineers say a new breakthrough could open doors to continuous health-monitoring devices and wearables.

(American Gastroenterological Association) In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and Rx.Health have announced the launch of a nationwide Virtual Care Hub and Telehealth fa...

(Flinders University) A new study has found young people are leaving it 'too late' to seek help for eating disorders, citing fear of losing control over their eating or weight, denial, and failure to perceive the severit...

(American College of Physicians) esearchers from Humanitas Clinical and Research Center and Humanitas University; Milan, Italy surveyed 450 general practitioners (GPs) affiliated with their hospital to assess the challen...

(American Thoracic Society) Rapidly escalating numbers of COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory failure threaten to overwhelm hospital capacity and force healthcare providers into making challenging decisions abou...

(University of Queensland) Emotional, social and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents have been linked to higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression.

(University of Massachusetts Amherst) A type of damage in soft materials and tissue called cavitation is one of the least-studied phenomena in physics, materials science and biology, but evidence suggesting that cavitati...

(American Association for Cancer Research) A high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging technique, when combined with quantitative measurement of tissue elasticity, could accurately detect cancer within the resected marg...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) During learning, the brain is a prediction engine that continually makes theories about our environment and accurately registers whether an assumption is true or not. A team of neuroscientists fr...