Updates to a study issued in first 2015 now say that fracking has contaminated drinking water in “some instances.”

AquaVenture chief executive Doug Brown has a track record of delivering shareholder value. When he joined water technology and engineering firm Ionics as chief executive in 2003, the struggling business was trading at $16 a share.

$2.7 billion in Proposition 1 funds delegated for the public benefits of eligible water storage projects as part of the Water Storage Investment Program.

62 new Front End facilities are expected to begin operation between 2017 and 2020, says SEMI. The 62 facilities and lines range from R&D to high-volume fabs. Most of the newly operating facilities will be volume fabs; only seven are R&Ds or Pilot facilities. Between 2017 and 2020, 26 facilities and lines begin operation in …

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Globalfoundries has demonstrated long-reach 56Gbps SerDes performance in silicon on the company’s 14nm FinFET process. As a part of GLoFo’s high-performance ASIC offering, FX-14, the 56Gbps series is designed for customers seeking to improve power and performance efficiency while handling the most demanding long-reach high-performance applications. GF’s 56Gbps SerDes core supports both PAM4 and NRZ …

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A smartphone that measures gravity and a noise monitor for oceans are among the top university projects which Electronics Weekly has reported on in 2016.

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Element 14 adds MATLAB and Simulink Student Suite to its range of software tools available by instant e-delivery.

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The value of European technology M&A deals more than doubled in 2016 to $127.2 billion, says M&A specialist Magister Advisors.

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RS Components has signed a direct distribution agreement with switch manufacturer C&K. As part of the deal, the online distributor says it will double its C&K switch offering so that customers will have access to technical data on over 23,400 C&K switches through the RS Product Data Library. C&K manufactures tactile switches, pushbutton switches, toggle switches, rotary …

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Ericsson has designed a 450W DC-DC converter module that is capable of delivering a regulated 12V output voltage at up to 37.5A. Offered in a 5-pin 1/8-brick footprint, compatible with the DOSA (Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance) standard, the PKB4413D bus converter has an input range from 36V to 60V. Specified power conversion efficiency is 96%, …

Read full article: Ericsson delivers 37A from eighth brick power module