Proton

IPG Photonics Announces Addition to its Board of Directors

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IPG Photonics Corporation (Nasdaq: IPGP) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Kolleen Kennedy as a new director of the company, increasing the size of the Board to 11 members.

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  • MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IPG Photonics Corporation (Nasdaq: IPGP) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Kolleen Kennedy as a new director of the company, increasing the size of the Board to 11 members.
  • “I am pleased to welcome Ms. Kennedy to the Board,” said John Peeler, non-executive Chair of the Board.
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  • Ms. Kennedy has served as a member of the board of ICU Medical, Inc., manufacturer of medical technologies, since 2021.

Proton Capital Provides Update to PharmaChoice Canada Qualifying Transaction and Financing

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

REGINA, Saskatchewan, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PROTON CAPITAL CORP. (“Proton”) (PTN.P-TSX-V), further to its news release dated April 20, 2023 in relation to the signing of a Letter of Intent dated April 20, 2023 (the “LOI”) with PharmaChoice Canada Inc. (“PharmaChoice”), and the potential qualifying transaction of Proton (“Qualifying Transaction”), all as further described in such news release, Proton is pleased to provide an update to the Qualifying Transaction and announces that it is considering an equity financing.

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  • REGINA, Saskatchewan, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PROTON CAPITAL CORP. (“Proton”) (PTN.P-TSX-V), further to its news release dated April 20, 2023 in relation to the signing of a Letter of Intent dated April 20, 2023 (the “LOI”) with PharmaChoice Canada Inc. (“PharmaChoice”), and the potential qualifying transaction of Proton (“Qualifying Transaction”), all as further described in such news release, Proton is pleased to provide an update to the Qualifying Transaction and announces that it is considering an equity financing.
  • In addition, Proton is considering an equity financing (either brokered, non-brokered or both) in the context of the market in connection with the Qualifying Transaction, to be completed in conjunction with, or after, the Qualifying Transaction (the “Potential Financing”).
  • Where applicable, the Qualifying Transaction cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained.
  • There can be no assurance that the Qualifying Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.

Montecito Medical Acquires Specialized Medical Property in Tennessee

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

“We are thrilled to acquire this highly specialized medical real estate asset that is an important center for the delivery of cancer care in Middle Tennessee,” said Bryan Brown, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at Montecito Medical.

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  • “We are thrilled to acquire this highly specialized medical real estate asset that is an important center for the delivery of cancer care in Middle Tennessee,” said Bryan Brown, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at Montecito Medical.
  • OneOncology, the national platform partner of Tennessee Oncology, coordinated the relationship between Montecito Medical, Sable Investments, and Tennessee Oncology.
  • Founded in 1976, Tennessee Oncology serves adult cancer patients from South Central Kentucky through Middle Tennessee to Northwest Georgia.
  • Montecito Medical is one of the nation’s largest privately held companies specializing in healthcare-related real estate acquisitions and partnering with physicians and developers to fund development of medical real estate.

Measuring helium in distant galaxies may give physicists insight into why the universe exists

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

When theoretical physicists like myself say that we’re studying why the universe exists, we sound like philosophers.

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  • When theoretical physicists like myself say that we’re studying why the universe exists, we sound like philosophers.
  • But new data collected by researchers using Japan’s Subaru telescope has revealed insights into that very question.
  • The Big Bang kick-started the universe as we know it 13.8 billion years ago.

After the Big Bang

    • In the first milliseconds after the Big Bang, the universe was hot, dense and full of elementary particles like protons, neutrons and electrons swimming around in a plasma.
    • Physicists believe that just one second after the Big Bang, the nuclei of light elements like hydrogen and helium began to form.
    • This process is known as Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.
    • Because the nuclei formed during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis can still be observed today, scientists can infer how many neutrinos and antineutrinos were present during the early universe.

A clue in helium

    • Using a technique that allows researchers to distinguish different elements from one another based on the wavelengths of light observed in the telescope, the Subaru scientists determined exactly how much helium exists in each of these 10 galaxies.
    • Importantly, they found less helium than the previously accepted theory predicted.
    • With this new result, my collaborators and I worked backward to find the number of neutrinos and antineutrinos necessary to produce the helium abundance found in the data.

What does it all mean?

    • The Subaru data points us directly to a source for that imbalance: neutrinos.
    • Through known and likely particle physics processes, the asymmetry in the neutrinos could propagate into an asymmetry in all matter.
    • So, are these tiny little neutrinos the key to answering the age old question, “Why does anything exist?” According to this new research, they just might be.

Curious Kids: what does a nuclear bomb actually do?

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

I would like to know what a nuclear bomb actually does – Rafael, age 11, Melbourne

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  • I would like to know what a nuclear bomb actually does – Rafael, age 11, Melbourne
    Hi Rafael!
  • A nuclear bomb, like any bomb, makes an explosion by releasing an enormous amount of energy at once.
  • Nuclear bombs work by changing the cores of atoms to turn them into other types of atoms.
  • In another type of nuclear bomb called a “fusion” bomb, two very small nuclei – such as the cores of two hydrogen atoms – are stuck together.

Tampa General Hospital Opens Infusion Center at the TGH Cancer Institute's State-of-the-Art Satellite Location

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

TAMPA, Fla. , July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In an endeavor to expand cancer care for the rapidly growing communities of south Hillsborough County, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) opened a state-of-the-art, 26-bay Infusion Center in the TGH Cancer Institute's Brandon location. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on July 19. Additionally, a Radiation Oncology Center will open at the Brandon location, 10740 Palm River Road, this fall.

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  • TAMPA, Fla. , July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In an endeavor to expand cancer care for the rapidly growing communities of south Hillsborough County, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) opened a state-of-the-art, 26-bay Infusion Center in the TGH Cancer Institute's Brandon location.
  • "Our new TGH Cancer Institute location allows us to expand our reach and provide greater access to our community."
  • The TGH Cancer Institute satellite location in Brandon is part of Tampa General's $550 million master facility plan, the largest in the hospital's almost 100-year history.
  • The addition to the TGH Cancer Institute's Infusion Center will offer seven more chemotherapy areas for the treatment of cancer.

Ohmium and Aquastill Form Strategic Collaboration to Produce Green Hydrogen from Seawater

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Ohmium International (“Ohmium”), a leading green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, today announced a strategic collaboration with Aquastill , one of the leaders in modular membrane distillation technology that uses the sustainable power of waste heat for desalination.

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  • Ohmium International (“Ohmium”), a leading green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, today announced a strategic collaboration with Aquastill , one of the leaders in modular membrane distillation technology that uses the sustainable power of waste heat for desalination.
  • The collaboration will enable Ohmium to use desalinated seawater as an input in green hydrogen production.
  • In addition, the innovative integration of modular desalination units will facilitate new applications for cost-effective green hydrogen production, including co-locating PEM electrolyzers with offshore wind farms, to enable the production of green hydrogen at-source.
  • "This strategic collaboration is a great example of how the innovative integration of Ohmium and Aquastill’s technologies can enable the expansion of green hydrogen production to new sectors and geographies,” said Arne Ballantine, CEO of Ohmium International.

Southwest Florida Proton selects RayStation

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

STOCKHOLM, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Florida Proton is establishing a proton center between Naples and Fort Myers, Florida, that will be the first cancer treatment center on Florida's west coast to offer proton therapy, an effective treatment option for cancers of the brain and spine, breast, esophagus, head and neck, liver, lung, eye, pancreas and prostate, lymphoma, and soft tissue sarcomas. It is also considered standard of care when compared with conventional radiation for most pediatric indications. The center will be equipped with IBA's Proteus One machine and the RayStation treatment planning system. RayStation is widely considered as the most advanced treatment planning system for proton therapy.

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  • RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) announces that Southwest Florida Proton, USA, has placed an order for the treatment planning system RayStation®* to be installed at its new proton center in Estero, Florida.
  • STOCKHOLM, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Florida Proton is establishing a proton center between Naples and Fort Myers, Florida, that will be the first cancer treatment center on Florida's west coast to offer proton therapy, an effective treatment option for cancers of the brain and spine, breast, esophagus, head and neck, liver, lung, eye, pancreas and prostate, lymphoma, and soft tissue sarcomas.
  • RayStation is widely considered as the most advanced treatment planning system for proton therapy.
  • We look forward to supporting the South Florida Proton Center."

UMCG in the Netherlands purchases Micro-RayStation for pre-clinical research, RaySearch Laboratories

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Friday, July 7, 2023

UMCG has been a RaySearch customer since 2013 and use RayStation as their main treatment planning system for external beam proton and photon radiotherapy.

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  • UMCG has been a RaySearch customer since 2013 and use RayStation as their main treatment planning system for external beam proton and photon radiotherapy.
  • UMCG and RaySearch also have research collaborations together, and the center is part of the RayCare®* advisory board.
  • UMCG will use μ-RayStation for research purposes at the Particle Therapy Research Center ( PARTREC ) irradiation facility under construction at UMCG.
  • Johan Löf, founder and CEO, RaySearch, says: "I am pleased that our long and successful collaboration with UMCG is now being extended to preclinical research.

Tampa General Hospital Named One of America's Top Cancer Hospitals by Newsweek

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

TAMPA, Fla., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) is in the top 3% of cancer hospitals in the United States, according to Newsweek and Statista. Listed in the news magazine's new America's Best Cancer Hospitals 2023 rankings, Tampa General is also ranked in the top 10 Florida cancer facilities that appear on Newsweek's list.

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  • Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute is ranked among the best cancer hospitals nationally.
  • TAMPA, Fla., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) is in the top 3% of cancer hospitals in the United States, according to Newsweek and Statista.
  • Listed in the news magazine's new America's Best Cancer Hospitals 2023 rankings, Tampa General is also ranked in the top 10 Florida cancer facilities that appear on Newsweek's list.
  • "This recognition is a testament to the incredible oncology team that leads the TGH Cancer Institute to deliver world-class, cutting-edge and compassionate cancer care," said John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General.