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- Improving patient adherence to address the changing healthcare landscape (01/08/2020)
  
  Over the course of the last decade, the global healthcare sector has undergone a major transformation. As Alexander Vervuurt, Healthcare Business Innovation Specialist at manufacturer of electronic components, modules & devices, Murata explains, to reduce acute pressure on stretched hospital resources & enable cost reductions, greater emphasis is now being placed on administering treatments to patients in their own homes.
- How COVID-19 is making STEM cool for careers, according to new IET research (29/07/2020)
  
  New research by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has revealed that young people have taken inspiration from healthcare professionals & engineers during the Covid-19 pandemic to enhance their perceptions of real and life changing engineering & science to consider these roles for future careers.
- Xilinx joins the Open RAN Policy Coalition (28/07/2020)
  
  Further demonstrates commitment to 5G wireless market growth with broad technology portfolio to enable deployment of open networks across multi-vendor ecosystems.
- Filtronic reaches 50k milestone with E-band transceivers for 5G backhaul (23/07/2020)
  
  Filtronic, a designer & manufacturer of RF, microwave & mmWave products for the wireless telecoms, mission-critical communications & defence applications markets, has announced that it has now shipped a total of 50,000 high-performance E-band transceiver modules targeted at the growing 5G backhaul market.
- Online event calling for greater diversity in UK engineering roles to be hosted by RS, in collaboration with the IET (23/07/2020)
  
  ‘REflect’, a digital event hosted by RS Components in collaboration with the IET, will show how organisations that tap into the talents of diverse ethnic groups can help address the UK engineering skills shortage.
- Analog Devices to acquire Maxim Integrated, strengthening its analogue semiconductor leadership (14/07/2020)
  
  Semiconductor company specialising in data conversion, signal processing & power management, Analog Devices (ADI) has announced that it is to acquire Maxim Integrated Products, which focuses on IC technologies to make systems smaller & smarter, with enhanced security & increased energy efficiency, in an all stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at over $68 billion.
- Huawei banned from UK 5G network in major government u-turn amid US-China tensions (14/07/2020)
  
  Following a technical review by the NCSC in response to US sanctions, the government has announced a reversal of its previous decision 6 months ago to approve Huawei involvement in the development of 5G networks. The requirement to remove all Huawei 5G kit by 2027 will cost around £2Bn & delay the rollout of 5G by 2 to 3 years.
- Minimising redesign costs on mil/aero projects with pre-compliance EMC testing (14/07/2020)
  
  Military specifications for mission-critical applications in defence & aerospace are more stringent and require greater dynamic range & different measurement bandwidths than less exacting commercial standards. The earlier that product deficiencies can be identified during the development process, the easier, less costly & less time-consuming it is to rectify problems. Rework or even redesign at the point of production usually comes at high cost.
- Satellite Applications Catapult hosts July 15th online event – Space: The New Manufacturing Frontier (13/07/2020)
  
  The Satellite Applications & Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapults are hosting an online event exploring the future of manufacturing in space. The event will feature experts from across government, industry & academia discussing how current manufacturing could be applied in space, as well as how the space environment could enhance future manufacturing capabilities.

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