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Fragments of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in the Loganholme sewage catchment. The Loganholme catchment receives sewage from Berrinba, Bethania, Boronia...

© 2021 EPFL EPFL engineers, working in association with startup Xsensio, have developed a wearable system that can measure the concentration of cortisol – the stress hormone – in human sweat. Enabling future quasi-continuous monitoring, their device can eventually help doctors better understand and treat stress-related conditions like burnout and obesity. We’ve all felt stressed at some point, whether in our personal or professional lives or in response to exceptional circumstances like ...

Date Time GMO Detection e-seminar This e-seminar by Dr Timothy Wilkes (Researcher at the National Measurement Laboratory, LGC) includes topics such as legislation relevant to the regulation of GMOs, DNA-based detection methods, bioinformatic tools and decision support systems, as well as guidance on the sourcing of appropriate analytical reference materials. The e-seminar is intended for individuals working in official control laboratories, the food industry and those involved with the UK offic...

Date Time Voices: Dr. Bernard Mudenda Hang’ombe This article is an excerpt from the research magazine “Tackling Global Issues vol.3 Fighting the menace of zoonosis.” Click here to see the table of contents. The University of Zambia and Hokkaido University are long term collaborators in veterinary medicine and zoonoses control. Professor Bernard Mudenda Hang’ombe from the Department of Para-Clinical Studies at the University of Zambia, who is also the Centre Leader of the Africa Centre o...

Date Time Vets urge producers to vaccinate following anthrax detection 10 February NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Local Land Services (LLS) have urged producers to vaccinate their livestock following confirmation of the first case of anthrax to occur this year. In late January 2021, anthrax was detected in an unvaccinated mob of ewes and lambs on a Central West NSW property with a previous history of anthrax. The affected animals were ewes which had not been vaccinated for anthr...

CardiacSense Medical Grade Watch receives CE Mark for continuous detection of Atrial Fibrillation CAESAREA, Israel, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CardiacSense - a digital health company that developed and clinically verified a medical grade watch capable of detecting and remotely monitoring Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) announced that it received the CE Mark for marketing & sales of the device in the European Union. The indications certified include "detection...

Did you know gas detection could be easy? Detecting explosive and toxic gas or oxygen, with a non-intrusive calibration, the iTrans2 infrared gas detector, from Teledyne Gas and Flame Detection provides one or two points of detection from a single head. Click to read more...

(Photo : Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: James Harvey tends tends to the inventory of pre-sold caskets at a funeral home on April 29, 2020 in New York City. The funeral home, which serves a busy and diverse community in Queens, has been overwhelmed with the deceased from COVID-19. Most of the employees of the funeral home are working seven days a week to serve multiple daily funerals and a continual arrival of the deceased. Geisinger Health System researchers...

Feb 09 2021 Read 1193 Times New PPM WR and PPB WR sensors aimed at Lower Explosive Limit of VOCs, Leak Detection & Repair, Industrial Health & Safety and Fugitive Emissions. In a key strategic move designed to further increase its share of the global photoionisation detector (PID) market, ION Science has launched exciting new MiniPID 2 parts per million (PPM) and parts per billion (PPB) Wide Range (WR) sensors which can be incorporated into both fixed and portable instruments for the detection...

Charged with leading the rebuild and helping the 325th Fighter Wing bring their strategic vision to life, the PMO’s work at Tyndall AFB will serve as a model for other installations, said “The decisions that are made at Tyndall (AFB) throughout the rebuild are blazing the trail for future installations and the way in which we approach meeting their installations and mission support needs,” Allen said. With a mostly virtual attendance of approximately 60 subject matter experts, the PMO in...