Recently completed projects benefit Central Florida waterbodies, St. Lucie estuary and Everglades.

Backing from EPA will fund projects in Grand Forks, Jamestown and other communities.

New Jersey scientists are urging the state to impose maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in drinking water. The chemicals, once used in the production of nonstick cookware, and curretly still in use on miltary bases in firefighting foams, has been linked to cancer, developmental problems, and other diseases.

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Univ. of Rhode Island receives $8M federal grant to research perfluorinated compounds

Calgon Carbon enters $3.5M agreement for removal of PFOS

STUDY: Tap water of 6 million in the US contains PFASs

I have to say I had to consult the dictionary when the Chancellor’s budget speech included the notion of a ‘Geospatial Commission’, Ed confides to his diary. The dictionary says geospatial means geographical-related data. Surely even this Chancellor is not so dumb as to think this sort of thing is worth investing £80 million in, …

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Melexis has brought out a family of miniature far infrared (FIR) sensors for use in multiple applications where accurate temperature measurement is required. The MLX90632 family is based upon Melexis’ established FIR technology that utilizes the fact that every object emits heat radiation. The ultra-small integrated thermopile CMOS IC is a complete solution in a …

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China DRAM start-up, Fujian Jin Hua Integrated Circuit, is moving fab equipment into its Jinjiang fab (pictured) with the intention of running first silicon in Q3 2018, reports Digitimes. The fab is to make DRAM on a 32nm process supplied by UMC. It is being initially equipped to run 60k wpm. It is spending $5.3 …

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Qualcomm issues the terms on which it will license FRAND patents for 5G.

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Is it possible to discern trends the have begun shaping the world of app design and will continue into 2018?

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Aurora Lighting is another firm (see also All Led) that is leaving the mainstream far behind with a 100 lm/W fire-rated downlighter for domestic use. It is the 6W E6pro, which will be available in the new year, producing 620lm at 4,000K (103 lm/W) and 580 lm at 3,000K. It is dimmable and beam angle …

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NI has introduced a PXI chassis with a higher power rating of 58W per slot. This represents a 50% increase in power and cooling per slot compared to previously released NI PXI Express chassis. Fan noise has been reduced in the 38W cooling mode with a 13dB improvement compared to the previously released PXIe-1085 chassis. …

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