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Rocket launch data helps verify presence of atmospheric acoustic duct

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The presence of an atmospheric acoustic duct, a channel of sound at the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere, has been verified for the first time by Sandia National Laboratory scientists. Solar hot air balloons carrying microbarometers floating in the lower stratosphere were able to observe infrasound signals within the acoustic duct, said Sarah Albert […].

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Which pharmaceutical companies have the most drug patents in United Kingdom?

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This chart shows the pharmaceutical companies with the most patents in United Kingdom. Patents must be filed in each country (or, in some cases regional patent office) where patent protection…. The post Which pharmaceutical companies have the most drug patents in United Kingdom? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Population-wide study of COVID-19 vaccination shows that mix-and-match approach to booster vaccination offers the best protection

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A new study on Chile’s national COVID-19 vaccination program, to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon 23-26), and published in The Lancet Global Health, shows that giving a different type of vaccine (heterologous) for the third or ‘booster’ dose than was received for the first […].

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UK study of more than 2,000 patients after hospitalization with COVID-19 shows only around 1 in 4 feel fully recovered after one year

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A new UK study of more than 2,000 patients after hospitalisation with COVID-19 presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon 23-26), and published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine shows that, one year after having COVID-19, only around one in four patients feel fully well again.

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Unlocking Excellence: How Catalent Is Transforming Japan’s Clinical Research

Planning on running clinical trials in Japan? How can you reliably supply these studies? Discover Catalent’s clinical supply packaging facility in Shiga, Japan. Strategically located between Tokyo and Osaka, and one of largest in Japan, this 6,000 square meter facility offers comprehensive services including primary and secondary clinical packaging and labelling, comparator sourcing, cold chain storage, local and global distribution, local language support and white glove service to support stud

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Danish study finds superbug C. difficile can jump between pigs and humans, providing evidence of zoonotic spread

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A study investigating samples of the superbug Clostridioides difficile across 14 pig farms in Denmark finds the sharing of multiple antibiotic-resistance genes between pigs and human patients, providing evidence that that animal to human (zoonotic) transmission is possible. The study, by Dr Semeh Bejaoui and colleagues from the University of Copenhagen and Statens Serum Institut […].

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Lack of glove changes at COVID-19 testing centres in Belgium led to major cross-contamination of samples and a high rate of false positive results

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Lack of glove changes at COVID-19 testing centres in Belgium led to major cross-contamination of samples and a high rate of false positive results, research being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 April) has found. The introduction of large-scale PCR testing for COVID-19 presented […].

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What can deep diamonds tell us about deep earthquakes?

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Diamonds that formed deep in the Earth could help seismologists answer a decades-old question: do fluids play a role in generating earthquakes at depths where high pressure should keep brittle failure from happening? Fluid-assisted faulting in subducted slabs 300 to 700 kilometers deep, in the transition zone between upper and lower mantle, is one process […].

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Deep lake cores of ancient Lake Cahuilla could help define Southern San Andreas history

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Sediment cores from the ancient Lake Cahuilla at Coachella in southern California could help seismologists determine whether lake filling events are connected to earthquakes on the Southern San Andreas Fault, according to a presentation at the Seismological Society of America’s Annual Meeting. Lake Cahuilla was a prehistoric lake in California and northern Mexico that covered […].

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