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Tokyo, July 15, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - TDK Corporation announced today that it has developed a wide-band thin-film common mode filter for EMI suppression on DisplayPort* interfaces, an industry first.* The new product which carries the designation TCM1210U-500-2P will be available from this month. The new filter measures 1.25 mm (L) x 1.0 mm (W) x 0.6 mm (T) in size and is designed specifically to suppress noise on DisplayPort connections, a new standard for signal transmission between...

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nephros, Inc. , a medical device company, announced today that it will be exhibiting its Dual Stage Ultrafilter products at the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) Conference and Technical Exhibition in National Harbor, Maryland, July 20th-23rd, 2008. Building on the success of the Nephros online hemodiafiltration technology, the Nephros Dual Stage Ultrafilter (DSU) delivers water free of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other...

By Allison Brophy Champion, Culpeper Star-Exponent, Va. Jul. 6--It looks like the town's ongoing filter-replacement project at the water treatment plant is going to cost a bit more than expected, perhaps as much as $50,000 more. That's because when contractors removed the first of four filters, which haven't been rehabilitated since the plant opened 13 years ago, they discovered sand and other damage to the supporting structure. Removal of the sand and replacement of the grout in the one...

One week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. MESSENGER's Wide Angle Camera (WAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), is equipped with 11 narrow-band color filters, in contrast to the two visible-light filters and one ultraviolet filter that were on Mariner 10's vidicon camera. By combining images taken through different filters...

ESA -- ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft has been surveying the Moon's surface in visible and near-infrared light using a new technique, never before tried in lunar orbit. For the last few months, the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board SMART-1, has been opening new ground by attempting multi-spectral imaging in the 'push-broom' mode. This technique is particularly suited to colour imaging of the lunar surface. (Note that 'colour imaging' here does not mean natural colour, the colour...

By Katie Hasty NEW YORK (Billboard) - An exclusive track featuring Tom Waits and the Kronos Quartet leads the lineup for an upcoming double-disc compilation from clothing retailer Urban Outfitters and Filter magazine. The project will be available in mid-October in 80 Urban Outfitters stores and through the company's Web site (http://www.urbanoutfitters.com). Proceeds will be donated to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The compilation also features rare or previously unreleased...