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11. New Hand-Held, High Current Micro-ohmmeter From Megger Delivers Up To 240 A Of Current
    5/7/2013

    Megger, one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of test equipment and measuring instruments for electrical power applications, now offers a handheld, high current micro-ohmmeter that delivers up to 240 A of current

12. Shaking Things Up: NIST Researchers Propose New Old Way To Purify Carbon Nanotubes
    5/3/2013

    An old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where materials scientists are using it to divvy up solutions of carbon nanotubes, separating the metallic nanotubes from semiconductors.

13. Microchip Expands LIN 2.1/ SAE J2602-2 Portfolio With New Transceiver, System Basis Chip And System-In-Package Devices
    4/30/2013

    Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the expansion of its LIN portfolio with the LIN 2.1 and SAE J2602-2 compliant and low-power MCP2003A transceiver, MCP2021A, MCP2022A, MCP2025 and MCP2050 LIN System Basis Chips (SBCs), and PIC16F1829LIN System in Package (SiP).

14. York Scientist Provides 'New Spin' On Emerging Quantum Technologies
    4/23/2013

    The electrical currents currently used to power electronic devices are generated by a flow of charges. However, emerging quantum technologies such as spin-electronics, make use of both charge and another intrinsic property of electrons – their spin – to transfer and process signals and information.

15. Nanowires Grown On Graphene Have Surprising Structure
    4/22/2013

    When a team of University of Illinois engineers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a sheet of graphene, they did not expect to discover a new paradigm of epitaxy.

16. Larson Electronics' Magnalight Unveils Explosion Proof LED Light With Reel For Hazardous Location Areas
    4/18/2013

    Larson Electronics added a Class 1 and Class 2 Division 1 explosion proof LED light designed for use in hazardous location areas

17. SunEdison And Petrobras Sign An Agreement To Build One Of The Largest Solar PV Plants In Brazil
    4/18/2013

    SunEdison, a leading global solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) has signed an agreement with Petrobras to build one of the largest solar photovoltaic power plants in Brazil

18. Sanmina's Wuxi, China Printed Circuit Board Facility Awarded AS9100 Certification
    4/17/2013

    Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), a leading integrated manufacturing solutions company making some of the world's most complex and innovative optical, electronic and mechanical products, today announced that its Wuxi, China Printed Circuit Board (PCB) facility has achieved AS9100 certification

19. CTS Participation At ViaSat’s Charity Tech Fair For Injured Marines
    4/17/2013

    CTS Electronic Components, Incorporated, a subsidiary of CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS), and Southern California sales representative, English Technical Sales, will be participating at ViaSat’s 5th Annual Charity Tech Fair for Injured Marines at ViaSat, Incorporated, 6155 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California on Wednesday April 17, 2013.

20. Renesas Electronics Adds Miniaturization, Power-Savings Enhancements To The RL78 Family Of Ultra Low Power Microcontrollers
    4/17/2013

    Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has developed the RL78/G10 Group as low pin count versions of the RL78/G1x Series of microcontrollers (MCUs) that feature excellent low-power operation as well as superb processing performance with on-chip flash memory capacities from 1 to 4 KB in 10-pin SSOP (Shrink Small Outline Package) and 16-pin SSOP packages