A new class of molecules called acyldepsipeptides-ADEPs-may provide a new way to attack bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics. Researchers at Brown and MIT have discovered a way to increase the potency of ADEPs by up to ...
Humans cannot hope to survive life on Mars without plenty of protection from the surface radiation, freezing night temperatures and dust storms on the red planet. So they could be excused for marveling at humble Antarctic lichen that has ...
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Vizio's AC/DC smart audio devices download and control Android apps, stream the apps' Cloud-based content via Wi-Fi 802.11n, and play audio and video stored in embedded memory or on a USB-connected storage device. It also has Bluetooth. ...
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Field networking, such as EtherCAT, POWERLINK, CANopen, and MECHATROLINK, are growing in popularity, replacing traditional motion control communications such as ±10 V, or pulse trains. In the diagram below, the left side represents ...
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This is a rebound from a 2.5 percent annual decline in 2012 driven mainly by strong growth in DRAM and NAND flash memory markets, the market research firm said. These are expected to rise by 35.0 and 27.7 percent respectively in 2013. This ...
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Zoetis recently unveiled new research that will help pork producers and meat packers produce wholesome pork with less environmental impact. The research is based on a life cycle assessment (LCA) conducted in the United States for ...
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ADI's most compact range of isolated DC-to-DC converter ICs and evaluation boards are now available to RS customers globally. RS Components (RS) is stocking the industry's smallest isolated DC-to-DC converters from Analog Devices (ADI), a ...
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Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) unveiled today a high-precision, low-power meter-on-a-chip for a range of portable health applications such as point-of-care diagnostics, home/self-test health devices, and wearable vital signs monitors, ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has appointed Christine King to its board of directors. She currently also serves on the boards of Cirrus Logic, IDACORP, Idaho Power Company and QLogic. King was most ...
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The design of this range of vane pumps has been widely used in prelube pump systems for lubrication of large engines prior to startup. XD has now moved the pumps into extreme service applications, available with either DC or AC powered ...
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Harvard Engineering, world leader in the design, development and manufacture of LED drivers and control products for the lighting industry, has announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Architectural Lighting Works. Harvard has ...
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Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced a new family of relative humidity (RH) and temperature sensors that simplify RH sensing designs while providing industry-leading ...
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Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has launched a gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
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Gaming accessory manufacturer Razer announced its first line of headphones geared toward everyday consumers. Four models will make up the Adaro line, all of which will ship in February. The Adaro earphones feature an aluminum body with ...
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For four decades, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Analog Devices, Inc., have played a fundamental role in delivering some of the biggest technological advancements that have deeply ...
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