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To create unique star-formation simulations scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are using NASA's most powerful supercomputer, Pleiades. Like something from a video game, the…

A robotic mimic of a stingray that's powered and guided by light-sensitive rat heart cells has been created by researchers. The work exhibits a new method for building bio-inspired robots by means of tissue engineering. Batoid fish, which…

Vishay Planar Transformer offering power from 1kW to 3kW in a compact 70mm x 53mm x 22mm size is now being distributed by New Yorker Electronics. Compared to devices built on traditional winding technology, the Vishay Sfernice PLA51…

Linear announces the LT8335, a current mode, 2MHz step-up DC/DC converter with an internal 2A, 28V switch. It operates from an input voltage range of 3V to 25V, suitable for applications with input sources ranging from a single-cell Li-Ion…

Littelfuse introduce two new series of miniature surface-mount two-terminal Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs) designed to protect sensitive electronics from low-to-medium level lightning-induced surges and other voltage transients. The 3.5mm…

SEGGER has introduced J-Link support for Zilog’s ZNEO32! Cortex-M3 based family of MCUs. This includes support for debug, and flash programming. Production line programming is also available via the SEGGER Flasher family. Projects using…

Exar expanded its family of single-chip RS-232/RS-485/RS-422 serial transceivers by adding the XR34350.  The XR34350 features a wide ±10V RS-232 driver output that supports a wider range of RS-232 peripherals.  Similar to the industry…

Kaman announces the digiVIT transducer. The digiVIT is the most advanced Digital Variable Impedance Transducer for noncontact linear position and displacement sensing available on the market. The digiVIT features a self-tuning bridge,…

A way to increase the robustness and energy storage capability of a particular class of "lithium-rich" cathode materials - by using a carbon dioxide-based gas mixture to create oxygen vacancies at the material's surface has been…

An important breakthrough has been made by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine in their ongoing efforts to develop a diagnostic test that can tell health-care providers whether a patient has a bacterial infection and…