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Israel-Hamas war impacts Frankfurt Book Fair

October 18, 2023 Lucy 0

As the Frankfurt Book Fair prepares to open its doors on Wednesday to around 6,000 media representatives, current developments in Israel and Gaza are impacting the world’s largest publishing trade event. Repercussions could already be felt last Friday when the organizers of […]

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Novocure and Stanford School of Medicine cooperate

October 18, 2023 Lucy 0

Root/Stanford – The School of Medicine at California’s elite Stanford University is establishing a research program investigating Novocure’s electric Tumor Treating Fields. The program is intended to support preclinical studies and clinical trials that use […]

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QL partners with Ginkgo Bioworks

October 18, 2023 Lucy 0

The Zurich-based food technology company QL is partnering with the biotechnology firm Ginkgo Bioworks from Boston, Massachusetts, to carry out a joint project aimed at the development of chassis organisms. As detailed in a press release, the listed US firm […]

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Is Russia preparing to conduct nuclear tests?

October 17, 2023 Lucy 0

A nuclear test over Siberia would be “a nuclear ultimatum” to the West that would have no serious consequences for Russia’s own population — according to Margarita Simonyan. The editor-in-chief of RT, Russia’s state-controlled international broadcaster, made the […]

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Sleepiz One+ granted approval in the USA

October 12, 2023 Lucy 0

Zurich – The Sleepiz device for contactless remote monitoring of a patient’s vital signs has been approved for use as a medical product by the US Food and Drug Administration. This means that the small […]

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Amazon Web Services integrates Securosys solution

October 11, 2023 Lucy 0

Zurich/Seattle – Amazon Web Services is using a solution developed by the Zurich-based firm Securosys for encryption keys used in conjunction with its applications. The solution is designed to offer secure storage of encryption keys. […]