Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, 05. July 2022

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a leading global research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) today announced that its Directed Energy Research Center (DERC), will organize the upcoming edition of GLOBALEM, a definitive high power electromagnetic (HPEM) conference.

Set to run from November 13 to 17 at St. Regis Abu Dhabi, the conference marks the first high-profile event DERC is hosting after the launch of its prequalification testing facility at Tawazun Industrial Park in Abu Dhabi dedicated to a specific high-energy physics domain.

Dr. Chaouki Kasmi, Chief Researcher, Directed Energy Research Center, will offer expertise as General Chair of the organizing committee of GLOBALEM. Other expert members include Dr. Bill Radasky, of Metatech Corporation USA, and Dr. Nicolas Mora from DERC as joint Technical Program Committee &nbs ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A kick off ceremony was held at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong (Gleneagles or GHK) for initiating a clinical trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the SINOVAC’s Omicron-specific COVID-19 inactivated vaccine used as a booster shot in healthy adults, in anticipation of providing scientific evidence for future immunization strategy. This study is led by a medical research team of the University of Hong Kong Clinical Trials Centre (HKU-CTC) in collaboration with Gleneagles.

In this study, a total of 300 healthy adult volunteers aged 18 and above who have been vaccinated with two or three doses of inactivated or mRNA COVID-19 vaccine will be recruited.

“As we know, vaccination is one of the most effective ways to cope with infectious diseases. Currently, Omicron continuously sweeps the world. I hope the clinical trial could strengthen and effectively promote vaccine research and vaccination administration,” Professor Ivan Hung ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hytera, a leading global provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, together with its subsidiaries Sepura and Teltronic, won awards in 5 categories at the International Critical Communications Awards (ICCAs) 2022 held in Vienna, Austria. The ICCAs, presented by The Critical Communications Association (TCCA), are the most prestigious awards in critical communications celebrating the very best of the sector across a variety of verticals and recognizing those who have made significant and individual contributions to the critical communications industry.

Hytera was firstly awarded “Best Use of Critical Communications in Transport” for a Sri Lanka Railway (SLR) Telecommunications Project. This project enabled Hytera’s 3GPP-compliant MCS Solution to interconnect the SLR sites and provide railway personnel with real-time access to critical data. This allowed them to better serve passengers and provide a smooth and safe o ... Read more »

BENGALURU, India - Tuesday, 05. July 2022 AETOSWire

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The collaboration combines Aurigene’s small molecule drug discovery platform and EQRx's pioneering business model to accelerate the development of drug candidates in the areas of oncology and immune-inflammatory diseases and improve global access to innovative medicines.

Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, Aurigene and EQRx will collaborate on drug discovery, pre-clinical and clinical development and commercialization. Aurigene will lead drug discovery and pre-clinical development efforts, and EQRx will assume responsibility for clinical development, manufacturing, regulatory and commercialization efforts. The parties would share both funding for the discovery and development of the programs and financials resulting from the commercialization of any eventual drug candidates.

“This agreement with EQRx further validates Aurigene’s proven expertise in discove ... Read more »

Lisbon, Portugal - Tuesday, 05. July 2022

In the 34th Edition of the Space Studies Program, the International Space University will be entering the metaverse for the first time with the Metavisionaries in the ‘Metaship’ for an onsite lecture in the metaverse titled ‘How the human body functions in the unique environment of space’.

This event will be led by space scientists Tara Ruttley, Metavisionaries’ Director of Sciences (former associate chief scientist at NASA), and James Green, ISU’s Core Co-Chair, & former Chief Scientist of NASA. They will guide participants through a hands-on activity in Técnico Superior Técnico, Portugal, where SSP is taking place.

Metavisionaries aims to bring access to the space economy and frontier technologies through web3 to democratize education and provide global, interdisciplinary, and immersive learning opportunities to learners around the globe.

This is the beginning of a par ... Read more »

BONN, Germany - Friday, 01. July 2022 AETOSWire

    O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Summit June 2022 available for on-demand replay
    O-RAN Certification and Badging program in cooperation with the OTICs
    O-RAN next Generations Research Group to focus on future network standards
    Open RAN Summit @ Fyuz to be held on 25-26 October 2022 in Madrid
    O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2022 concluded at 3 venues with 50 participants

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Since its beginning in 2018, the O-RAN ALLIANCE’s mission has been transforming Radio Access Networks towards open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable RAN. Now, the O-RAN Ecosystem counts more than 340 companies and institutions from all over the world. O-RAN’s emphasis on openness is reflected in its setup as an open technical organization, according to the WTO criteria, where incumbent as well as e ... Read more »