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High-performance MMIC Line Now Up to 150 Solutions, Includes Options for Space
Custom MMIC, a leading developer of high-performance monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), has announced that their catalog of standardized GaAs and GaN designs has reached over 150 devices.
Remotely Steered Vessel Sails in Helsinki Harbor
The ferry was retrofitted with a positioning system and steered from a control center in Helsinki.
Versatile RF Products and Assembly Partner Helps RF Manufacturers Stay Lean
After recently upgrading a new facility, and acquiring Ion Beam Milling, Inc., SemiGen, Inc. and RF Supplies appear more poised than ever to help RF companies improve their supply chains and bottom lines with an impressive array of on-demand products and services.
U.S. Materials Processing Center Offers Low Min./Quick Delivery of Ceramics
Accumet is the world’s first service provider to develop techniques for lapping and polishing substrate materials in unique ways to provide circuit manufacturers optimal surfaces on which to create their various single and multi-layer designs.
Self-Programmable RF Test Devices Reducing Dependence on Full-featured Instruments
In ATE systems, an expensive instrument controller is often necessary to handle a variety of complex interoperability tasks. However, when you’re controlling just a few devices to accomplish a measurement task (for example), this piece of equipment is often overkill.
Study Finds that Billions of Nanoplastics Accumulate in Marine Organisms in Mere Hours
In what is being called a ground-breaking find, researchers from the University of Plymouth have discovered that it takes only hours for billions of plastic nanoparticles to root in the major organs of marine organisms.
Skyworks Announces Next-Generation of SPDT Switches
Skyworks has announced its newest family of high power SPDT switches.
Efficiency Gain for 100% Hydrogen Engine
Thermal efficiencies of 45% were demonstrated in engine control strategies for a 100% hydrogen-fueled truck engine.
As Heating Oil Prices Increase, Has Propane Become the Better Value?
A 20% annual price increase for No. 2 heating oil is anticipated, while propane prices are expected to remain flat. With a sliding price differential, it is time to re-evaluate the value of propane.
Farnell Element14 Wins Distributor of the Year Award
Bel Fuse Inc. has awarded Farnell Element14 with the High Service Distributor of the Year award for 2018.
Video: A Simpler Approach to 3D Bioprinting Vascular Networks
Biomedical scientists and students need not have expertise in 3D printing technology in order to produce organ tissue models for drug screening or other applications.
"Chemical Cocktails" Are the Hazardous Byproduct of Saltier Roadways
Recent research from the University of Maryland revealed rivers and streams in the United States are saltier and more alkaline than 50 years earlier due to road deicers, fertilizers and other salty compounds entering waterways in a phenomenon known as “freshwater salinization syndrome.”
Four Ways to Save Weight in Kiln Furniture
As energy costs increase and production demands accelerate, kiln operators are always searching for ways to reduce the weight of kiln furniture — the structures that hold ceramic ware while it is being fired in the kiln.
These Power Plants Will Be Retired, Exelon Says
Nine electric power plants are slated to retire by June 2020 in the PJM grid region.
Study: Modern Workers Not Equipped to Tackle 21st Century Problems
The number of concerns plaguing the 21st century, chief among them being catastrophes caused by climate change as well as rapidly escalating cybersecurity threats, are likely to worsen as, according to new research, humans are not equipped to battle these issues.
Duke Energy Power Plant Enters Service
The first 820 MW power block started running October 26, and the second 820 MW power block came online November 24.
The Ashes of 100 People Set to Launch into Space
San Francisco-based Elysium Space is preparing to launch the remains of roughly 100 people into space this week through a memorial satellite.
Custom Pharmaceutical HVAC From Air Innovations
Learn how our self-contained pharmaceutical HVAC systems control temperature (±0.02°C) and relative humidity (±0.5% RH).
Advantages to Using Ion Beam Milling Vs. Chemical Etching
SemiGen has released a new tech brief "Leveraging the Precision of Ion Beam Milling Vs. Chemical Etching of Thin Film Circuits" detailing the advantages of ion beam milling for RF/microwave circuit manufacturing compared to chemical etching.
Aquabotix Launches New Stealth Devices for Covert Applications
Aquabotix has announced three new products in its SwarmDiver family — SwarmDiver Stealth, SwarmDiver Edge and SwarmDiver Nightline.