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Fujitsu Develops World's First Gallium-Nitride HEMT for Power Supply

Fujitsu Develops World's First Gallium-Nitride HEMT for Power Supply

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a new structure for gallium-nitride high electron-mobility transistors (GaN)(HEMT) that can minimize power loss in power supplies, thus enabling reduced ...


First two ALMA antennas successfully linked

Major milestone: First two ALMA telescope antennas linked

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

On 30 April, the team observed the first "interferometric fringes" of an astronomical source by linking two 12-metre diameter ALMA antennas, together with the other critical parts of the system. Mars was chosen ...


How to choose a surge protector

Technology / Other

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Question: The consensus is that it's proper to insert surge protectors between the power source and the computer. The question is, how big? How many joules? Is it true that they "wear out" in a year or so?





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Computer-related injuries on the rise

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While back pain, blurred vision and mouse-related injuries are now well-documented hazards of long-term computer use, the number of acute injuries connected to computers is rising rapidly. According to a study published in ...


'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML on Wednesday announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.


Deal dumps on toxic pollution from electronic circuitry

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Reducing the toxic pollution of landfill sites from lead in the circuits of dumped electronic equipment is the aim of a research agreement between The University of Queensland and a major Japanese metals company.


Prototype, 7-foot-tall sanitizer automates disinfection of hard-to-clean hospital equipment

Prototype, 7-foot-tall sanitizer automates disinfection of hard-to-clean hospital equipment

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Johns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped device ...


ASML, Zeiss and Canon Cross-license Lithography Equipment Patent Portfolios

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ASML Holding NV and Carl Zeiss SMT today announce that each has signed an agreement with Canon for the global cross-license of patents in their respective fields of semiconductor lithography and optical components, used to ...


Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML  announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales

'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.


Steampipe keeps electronics cool

Steampipe keeps electronics cool

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- The cooling of electronic components is playing an increasing role in the design process of electronic equipment such as mobile telephones, games computers and laptops. Wessel Wits, PhD student ...


National study finds youth baseball-related injuries down 25 percent

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spring marks baseball season for more than 19 million children and adolescents who play each year as part of a team or in backyards throughout the United States. The good news for these players is that the number of injuries ...


Electronics waste an environmental test

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 11, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U.S. environmental groups and consumer electronics groups warn electronic waste is adding dangerous levels of lead to the environment.


Electromagnetic interference from some identification devices may pose hazards to medical equipment

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The use of radio frequency identification devices appears to have the potential to cause critical care medical equipment to malfunction, according to a study in the June 25 issue of JAMA.



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