Medical News
DSP core processes 5G baseband data
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 22:44
5G Technology World spoke with Moshe Sheier and Nir Shapira of CEVA to learn how the company's DSP core handles 5G baseband signals from I/O data to the transport network. The post DSP core processes 5G baseband data app...
SDK adds accurate distance measurement capabilities to BLE SoCs for covid distancing needs
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 20:32
Dialog Semiconductor plc announced a new Wireless Ranging (WiRa) Software Development Kit (SDK) that adds highly accurate and reliable distance measurement capabilities to its DA1469x family of BLE SoCs. The need for mor...
IC physical, circuit verification software certified for high-performance process technologies
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 20:26
Mentor, a Siemens business, announced that it has achieved certification for a broad array of Mentor integrated circuit (IC) design tools for TSMC's industry-leading N5 and N6 process technologies. In addition, Mentor's ...
The microstrip antenna, Part 1: Basics
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 22:11
The microstrip antenna is a convenient, planar, easy-to-fabricate antenna with some attractive attributes and features, as well as some distinct limitations. The passive antenna is a critical part of any wireless communi...
Teardown: When it comes to germicidal lights bought online, buyer beware
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 21:02
During the coronavirus pandemic, there’s been a lot of interest in using germicidal lamps to disinfect surfaces rather than hosing everything down with bleach or disinfectant. But there have been reports that a lot of ...
PoL converters cover 6~36-V input range
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 20:36
TRACO Power's new TSR 1E non-isolated / point-of-load DC/DC converters consist of the two most common input /output combinations and are specifically designed to offer a low-cost solution while maintaining a high-quality...
Security development tool helps meet new IoT compliance standards
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 20:09
IAR Systems announces the addition of support for a number of MCU devices from NXP Semiconductors within its security development tool C-Trust. This enhanced device support helps embedded developers to implement security...
Software tool predicts likelihood of bugs in source code
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 18:27
Altran announced the release of a new tool available on GitHub that predicts the likelihood of bugs in source code created by developers early in the software development process. By applying machine learning (ML) to his...
6U VXS SBC sports latest NXP T2081 quad-core processor
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 16:35
Abaco Systems announces the DSP221. an extension of the legacy DSP220, by refreshing to the latest NXP T2081 quad-core processor. This launch lowers costs of ownership for our clients while simultaneously reducing integr...
Power chipset provides 650 A continuous, 1,200-A peak for high-performance GPU, CPU, ASIC processors
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 14:47
Vicor Corporation announced a ChiP-set for high-performance GPU, CPU, and ASIC (XPU) processors powered directly from 48V. A driver, MCD4609, and a pair of MCM4609 current multiplier modules supply up to 650A continuous ...
Data, I/O concentrator reduces cabling for aircraft/ground vehicles
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 14:32
Abaco Systems is pleased to announce a new, innovative solution for our customers with the EIU1000. This product is an I/O aggregator and data concentrator that combines high-density Ethernet, Avionics databus, serial, a...
SMT current-sense transformers handle up to 7 A between 50 kHz and 1 MHz
Medical Design Technology - 18 May 2020 14:28
TDK Corporation presents a new series of compact EPCOS SMT current sense transformers. They are designed for measuring currents of up to 7 A at frequencies between 50 kHz and 1 MHz. The B82801A1 series comprises nine typ...
Coronaviruses do not readily induce cross-protective antibody responses
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(Cell Press) Patients infected with either severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) or SARS-CoV-2 produce antibodies that bind to the other coronavirus, but the cross-reactive antibodies are not cross pro...
COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Medicine
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(American College of Physicians) Tocilizumab for Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Kidney Transplant Recipient with COVID-19.
Climate change threatens progress in cancer control
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(American Cancer Society) Climate change threatens prospects for further progress in cancer prevention and control, increasing exposure to cancer risk factors and impacting access to cancer care, according to a new comme...
Liver cancer: Awareness of hepatitis D must be raised
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(Université de Genève) Scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have studied the most serious consequence of chronic hepatitis: hepatocellular carcinoma. They demonstra...
Cancer researchers locate drivers of tumor resistance
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) How do tumors change their behavior and resist anticancer therapies? Cancer biologists at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, docu...
Autism risk estimated at 3 to 5% for children whose parents have a sibling with autism
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Roughly 3 to 5% of children with an aunt or uncle with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can also be expected to have ASD, compared to ab...
Identification of a determining factor in luminal cancer cells
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) Researchers at IRB Barcelona discover a new mechanism in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells. The inhibition of CPEB2, a key factor in the estrogen signa...
ISE -- Ongoing support for the scientific research community in the global effort to contain COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(Compuscript Ltd) The current COVID-19 pandemic is having a huge impact on people across the globe and in these unprecedented times we consider it more important than ever that we continue to support the publication of r...
Local climate unlikely to drive the early COVID-19 pandemic
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(Princeton University) Princeton researchers report in the journal Science that the number of people still vulnerable to COVID-19 and the speed at which the disease spreads means that local climate conditions are not lik...
Location, location, location: The cell membrane facilitates RAS protein interactions
EurekAlert! - 18 May 2020 06:00
(Salk Institute) Many cancer medications fail to effectively target the most commonly mutated cancer genes in humans, called RAS. Now, Salk Professor Geoffrey Wahl and a team of scientists have uncovered details into how...