Huge monopiles built for Virginia’s 2.6 GW offshore wind farm have set sail

  • September 27, 2023
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The first eight monopiles made for the 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have left Germany and are headed for Portsmouth. Rostock, Germany-based EEW SPC makes offshore wind turbine monopiles – the steel tubes driven into the seabed – and it’s going to manufacture all 176 monopiles for the CVOW project, each of […]

How Is Quantum Computing Being Used in Healthcare?

  • September 27, 2023
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How Does Quantum Computing Compare with Traditional Computing? Traditional computing is based on deterministic computing. In essence, the 1’s and 0’s, or bits, translate to specific outputs. Quantum computing is based on probabilistic computing. “Each unit of computation, or qubit, has a continuous probability of being between 0 and 1,” says Jehi. “So, it can […]

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Stork Club, CCRM Fertility expand partnership and more digital health collaborations

  • September 27, 2023
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Family planning platform for employees Stork Club announced it is expanding its partnership with fertility treatment and science company CCRM Fertility, a portfolio company of health management company Unified Women’s Healthcare.  Thanks to the partnership, Stork Club patients will have access to expedited appointments at CCRM Fertility clinics in 37 locations in the U.S. and […]

Velotric Go electric utility bike review: A smaller cargo e-bike for heavy hauling that’s light on price

  • September 27, 2023
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The Velotric Go fits squarely into one of my favorite electric bike categories – short tail cargo bikes. These are often called utility e-bikes, since unlike long tail cargo e-bikes, they’re closer to “normal” sized while still being built for hauling. With a nicely designed frame and the inclusion of UL-certification on the battery and […]

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Radiologists outperform AI in identifying lung diseases on chest X-ray

  • September 27, 2023
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Radiologists outperformed AI in accurately identifying the presence and absence of three common lung diseases in a study of more than 2,000 chest X-rays. The research conducted in four hospitals in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2020 was published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Scientists compared the performance of four […]

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As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines

  • September 27, 2023
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A big obstacle, though, continues to be resistance to vaccination among nurses and aides. Like many facility owners, Avalon Health Care Group, which owns or operates more than a dozen nursing homes in western states, is not mandating staff be vaccinated. Dr. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, Avalon’s chief medical officer, says she tries to address the […]

Lucid (LCID) just became the first EV maker to open a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia

  • September 27, 2023
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Lucid Motors has officially opened the first-ever EV manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia. The EV maker announced Wednesday the facility will produce Lucid Air vehicles for the country while exporting to overseas markets. “We are delighted to make history today in Saudi Arabia by opening the country’s first car manufacturing facility,” Lucid’s CEO Peter Rawlinson […]

Tesla (TSLA) Q3 delivery expectations are all over the place

  • September 27, 2023
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Tesla (TSLA) is expected to release Q3 delivery numbers next week, and expectations are all over the place amid a likely rare quarter without growth. Over the last few years, Tesla has created high expectations for deliveries every quarter by managing to beat quarterly records nearly every time. During the last earnings call, CEO Elon […]

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Ten projects to explore how tech can support new approaches in care at home and in the community – htn

  • September 27, 2023
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The Health Foundation has announced that it has selected ten teams to explore how technology can enable new approaches to care at home and in the community through its £2 million innovation ‘Tech for Better‘ programme, with projects focusing on topics such as how technology can support people taking multiple medications, how it can empower […]