Medical News
On-demand videos cover design of charging schemes for electric floor machines
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 22:37
Delta-Q Technologies announced the planned release of a four-part educational series called "The Charge," which includes three on-demand videos followed by a one-hour live webinar. Parties interested in viewing the educa...
Virtualization function added to scalable RTOS
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 20:14
eSOL announced the immediate availability of its eMCOS Hypervisor, a ground-breaking embedded virtualization function for the company's eMCOS scalable real-time operating system (RTOS). eMCOS Hypervisor facilitates the i...
Accessibility developments drive Taylor & Francis Online towards WCAG 2.1 level AA
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(Taylor & Francis Group) Taylor & Francis Group has today updated its Accessibility Statement to confirm major steps towards achieving level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG).
New routers and software address next-gen IoT connectivity and 5G applications
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 22:01
Digi International announced the launch of several new cellular routers and extenders, each designed to meet the present and future connectivity needs of organizations in the transportation and enterprise marketplaces: t...
Haptics Components, Pt 1: LRA, ERM, and piezo actuators
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 21:39
Haptics capabilities are embedded in smartphones and game controllers, and their use is expanding into robotic controls, automobile consoles, and more; the physical actuator and its driver are the key hardware elements. ...
DC-DC converter provides 1300 W of power at 96 percent efficiency
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 21:07
Vicor announced the DCM5614, an isolated, regulated 270V-28V DC-DC converter with an output power rating of 1300W in a 5.6×1.4×0.3 inch VIA package. Providing unmatched power density of 451W/in3 at a weight of just 178...
QCS-AX2 chipset family supports 6 GHz spectrum band based on enhanced Wi-Fi 6E
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 20:29Protective measures let broadband foam absorbers operate outdoors
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 18:12
Laird R&F Products recently added the ability to protect foam absorbers from moisture and heat - making them suitable for use in all outdoor environments. Broadband and lightweight, foam absorbers offer military and aero...
Podcasts cover dc-dc converter, lidar, audio design with GaN technology
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 18:06
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) Corporation has posted an update to its popular "How to GaN" video podcast series. The six videos included in the current release of the series provide practical examples to help designer...
SoC creates eight independent pin channels for ATE equipment
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 17:51
A new pin electronics SoC called Mt. Mystery increases speed by 50%, reduces power by 67%, and reduces total size by 75%. For ATE system designers the 50% speed increase permits the test of the most modern processor, SOC...
High-power speaker amp ICs optimized for advanced instrument clusters
Medical Design Technology - 22 Apr 2020 16:46
ROHM recently announced the AEC-Q100 qualified 2.8W output Class AB monaural speaker amplifiers the BD783xxEFJ-M series (BD78306EFJ-M, BD78310EFJ-M and BD78326EFJ-M) ideal for instrument clusters – used in vehicles equ...
Can Your Pets Get Coronavirus, and Can You Catch It From Them?
Discover - 22 Apr 2020 15:45
Both cats and dogs can become infected with the coronavirus. The chances of them getting sick or passing it on to you or another animal are extremely low.
Gene signature found for poor response to standard chemotherapy in rare uterine cancer
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Women who don't survive a rare and aggressive uterine cancer called uterine serous carcinoma, have high expression of a group of 73 genes, a score scientists say can hel...
Combinations of paclitaxel and withaferin A against human non-small cell lung cancer
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11 Issue 16 showed that the sensitivity of H1299 and A549 cells to concomitant treatment with PAC and WFA was greater than that of either PAC or WFA alone.
From Voldemort to Vader, fictional villains may draw us to darker versions of ourselves
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(Association for Psychological Science) According to new research published in the journal Psychological Science, people may find fictional villains surprisingly likeable when they share similarities with the viewer or r...
New study could lead to therapeutic interventions to treat cocaine addiction
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(University of California - Irvine) A new study explains how cocaine modifies functions in the brain revealing a potential target for therapies aimed at treating cocaine addiction. The study was published this week in Ce...
Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy is associated with growth delays
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) A new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found an association between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and delays in physical gr...
COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Medicine
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(American College of Physicians) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Firearms in the United States: Will an Epidemic of Suicide Follow?
New risk prediction model could identify those at higher risk of pancreatic cancer
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(American Association for Cancer Research) A risk prediction model that combined genetic and clinical factors with circulating biomarkers identified people at significantly higher than normal risk of pancreatic cancer.
New heart attack testing protocol expedites treatment in ER
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A new protocol using highly sensitive blood tests to determine whether someone is having a heart attack.
Novel research on African bats pilots new ways in sharing and linking published data
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(Pensoft Publishers) New findings about some previously known, but also other yet to be identified species of Old World Leaf-nosed bats provide the first contribution to a special research collection, whose task is to he...
Ohio State receives $5.5 million grant to study health impact of youth vaping
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2020 06:00
(Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) Researchers at The Ohio State University will study the health effects of e-cigarettes and nicotine on youth and help develop vaping cessation programs after receiving a $5.5...