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Yale research projects exploring new uses for failed drugs get NIH funding
June 18, 2013 2:34 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | News | CommentsTwo Yale School of Medicine research programs are among nine nationally to receive grants under a new federal program designed to take drugs that have had disappointing therapeutic results in one disease and investigate their use in different diseases....
The Army’s version of Facebook
June 18, 2013 1:57 pm | by Stephanie Carmichael, Contributor | Blogs | CommentsFacebook. We use it every day to stay connected with family and friends and, well, to snoop on people and thumb through their photos. Since we’re essentially chronicling our lives, few of us probably consider it a good way to stay safe in the digital age. The U.S. Army might disagree. It’s borrowing the concept of a Facebook "timeline"....
News Summary: HP moves Bradley to strategy post
June 18, 2013 1:39 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTHE MOVE: Hewlett-Packard Co. named executive Todd Bradley to a new position in charge of the company's strategy. Bradley will work with CEO Meg Whitman to improve HP's business in China and extend relationships with important partners worldwide. LAST ROLE: Bradley was in charge of HP's PC...
How I learned to stop worrying and love “killer robots”
June 18, 2013 1:19 pm | by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | Blogs | CommentsUnmanned weapons systems (aka, "killer robots") have the power to reduce collateral damage and save lives, and we should support and encourage their development, not preemptively ban them and set disproportionately high ethical standards as a function of their deployment.
Optocouplers intended for motor controls, industrial inverters, and induction heating equipment
June 18, 2013 12:49 pm | Renesas, California Eastern Labs | Product Releases | CommentsRenesas Electronics and California Eastern Laboratories (CEL) introduce three isolated gate drive optocouplers which were specifically designed to meet the demanding isolation requirements of motor controls and drives, industrial inverters and induction heating equipment.
Double-break electrical circuit certified to EN61058
June 18, 2013 12:31 pm | Microprecision Electronics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicroprecision is introducing a variation of its industrial high current switches of the MP200 series. The new MP220 has a single pole double break electrical circuit, which allows to double break two independent electrical circuits up to 10A/250VAC. The MP220 uses a fast snap action mechanism to change from break to make position.
Army harnesses sun to reduce casualties from sniper attacks
June 18, 2013 12:20 pm | by Edric Thompson, CERDEC Public Affairs | News | CommentsThe U.S. Army is harnessing the elements to help reduce casualties from sniper attacks on forward operating bases. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's research laboratory and aviation missile and communications-electronics RD&E centers
Researchers solve mystery of X-ray light from black holes
June 18, 2013 12:10 pm | by Eurekalert! and Johns Hopkins | News | CommentsIt is a mystery that has stymied astrophysicists for decades: how do black holes produce so many high-power X-rays? In a new study, astrophysicists from The Johns Hopkins University, NASA and the Rochester Institute of Technology conducted research that bridges the gap between theory and observation by demonstrating that gas spiraling toward a black hole inevitably results in X-ray emissions.
AeroAstro team awarded funds for DiaMonD Center
June 18, 2013 12:10 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsA team co-led by MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department Professor Karen Willcox has been awarded a $12.5-million grant by the Department of Energy to create the multi-institutional DiaMonD Center. The center, funded under DoE’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research program, will address applied mathematics challenges in modeling and simulation for complex problems, with a focus on research at the interfaces of “data, models, and decision-ma...
Hewlett-Packard puts Bradley in strategy role
June 18, 2013 11:47 am | by MARLEY SEAMAN - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsTodd Bradley, the head of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s printing and personal computer business, has been appointed to a new position in charge of the company's strategy with a focus on China, the company said Tuesday. HP said Bradley, 54, will be in charge of strategic growth initiatives and will work...
US video game retail sales fall 25 percent in May
June 18, 2013 10:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsU.S. retail sales of video games, hardware and accessories declined 25 percent in May as demand for aging game consoles continued to fade and fewer new games launched compared with last year, according to market researcher NPD Group. NPD said late Monday that total video game sales were $386.3...
LED designed to offer consistent brightness
June 18, 2013 10:31 am | Osram Opto Semiconductors | Product Releases | CommentsMultifunctional devices such as tablets, ultrabooks and even smartphones need high brightness levels and good color rendering without draining the batteries too quickly.
ICs designed for cost-sensitive, space-constrained bulb applications
June 18, 2013 10:28 am | Power Integrations | Product Releases | CommentsPower Integrations introduced its LYTSwitch-0 ICs, a new series of devices within the LYTSwitch family, offering a unique combination of simplicity, reliability and efficiency. LYTSwitch-0 ICs are ideal for cost-sensitive, non-isolated, non-dimmable GU10 bulbs and other space-constrained bulb applications.
Book: Risk, Chance, and Causation
June 18, 2013 10:14 am | by Yale UniversityYale University | News | CommentsYaleNews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the University community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers’ book descriptions to us by email....
Brushless DC motor well-suited for precision equipment
June 18, 2013 9:51 am | Product Releases | CommentsPITTMAN Motors has introduced its latest offering in a broad range of DC brush and brushless motors. The BI-05 Series slotless brushless DC motor is designed for maximum precision and performance in a package size perfectly suited for precision equipment such as surgical and dental tools....
