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Newmont Completes COO Transition

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) announces today the completion of its Chief Operating Officer (COO) transition following a five-month handover period.

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  • Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) announces today the completion of its Chief Operating Officer (COO) transition following a five-month handover period.
  • Beginning next week, Rob Atkinson will transition all of his remaining responsibilities to Newmont’s new COO, Natascha Viljoen .
  • He will then officially step down from the Newmont Executive Leadership Team, effective May 2, 2024.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240222459918/en/
    “Rob Atkinson has played a pivotal leadership role in Newmont in recent years.

Sandoz announces changes in the Board of Directors

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

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    Basel, February 1, 2024 - The Board of Directors of Sandoz announced today that it proposes Graeme Pitkethly for election to its Board of Directors at the company’s next Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2024.
  • If elected by the shareholders at the upcoming Annual General Meeting, the Board intends to appoint Graeme Pitkethly as Chair of its Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.
  • François-Xavier Roger has been a Sandoz Board member and Chair of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee since August 2023.
  • Graeme serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Pearson plc since 2019 and chairs the Audit Committee.

Seanergy Maritime Achieves Key Partnership with European Union Funding and Major Industry Stakeholders Under SAFeCRAFT to Revolutionize Maritime Propulsion for Existing Vessels

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Safecraft aims to demonstrate the safety and viability of Sustainable Alternative Fuels (SAFs) in seaborne transportation, accelerating the adoption of SAFs technologies.

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  • Safecraft aims to demonstrate the safety and viability of Sustainable Alternative Fuels (SAFs) in seaborne transportation, accelerating the adoption of SAFs technologies.
  • This system is also expected to cover a portion of the vessel's propulsion requirements and, therefore, to reduce reliance on conventional fuels.
  • The strategic partnership with the European Union and key industry stakeholders is another major achievement of our Company towards our global ESG objectives.
  • “This prominent combination of world-renowned stakeholders consists of classification societies, engineering and industrial firms, the academic community, as well as the European Union.

Four good news climate stories from 2023

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Saturday, December 30, 2023

We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP talks, and even solutions like electric cars have their problems. And that just covers the past few weeks of this newsletter. But to end 2023 we’d like to focus on a few of the more optimistic stories we have run over the past year. This roundup of The Conversation’s 2023 climate coverage comes from our weekly climate action newsletter. Every Wednesday, The Conversation’s environment editor writes Imagine, a short email that goes a little deeper into just one climate issue. Join the 30,000+ readers who’ve subscribed.1. We have skyscraper-sized wind turbines now Back in January, we asked Simon Hogg, executive director of Durham Energy Institute, about huge new wind turbines being built in the North Sea.

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We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP talks, and even solutions like electric cars have their problems. And that just covers the past few weeks of this newsletter. But to end 2023 we’d like to focus on a few of the more optimistic stories we have run over the past year.
This roundup of The Conversation’s 2023 climate coverage comes from our weekly climate action newsletter. Every Wednesday, The Conversation’s environment editor writes Imagine, a short email that goes a little deeper into just one climate issue. Join the 30,000+ readers who’ve subscribed.

1. We have skyscraper-sized wind turbines now

  • Back in January, we asked Simon Hogg, executive director of Durham Energy Institute, about huge new wind turbines being built in the North Sea.
  • Nonetheless, ever bigger wind turbines have been a key reason why Britain has managed to shift much of its electricity generation from fossil fuels to renewables over the past decade.
  • Read more:
    Wind turbines are already skyscraper-sized – is there any limit to how big they will get?

2. Solar power keeps getting cheaper and more adaptable


Britain is, of course, more windy than sunny. But in much of the world, solar power is the real game changer. Yet one issue with solar is that we may run out of material needed to produce silicon cells – the main sort of solar panels you see in solar farms or on rooftops. Therefore many academics are looking for alternatives.

  • Perhaps perovskite will become the new silicon, or maybe some other technology will dominate in future, but what’s clear is that solar power is fast becoming even cheaper and more accessible.
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    Perovskite: new type of solar technology paves the way for abundant, cheap and printable cells

3. On the menu: mammoth meatball

  • Scientists recently created a meatball made of the flesh of extinct woolly mammoth.
  • This in itself isn’t the good news: no one is proposing we fix climate change with prehistoric food.
  • But it’s proof that cellular agriculture, sometimes called “lab-grown meat”, can work.

4. Climate change tipping points can be a good thing too

  • The Conversation has covered these scenarios extensively over the years, most recently in a piece by authors of the major new tipping points report.
  • Climate-related technologies or social and political behaviour can also pass similar tipping points, beyond which something better becomes inevitable.
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    Climate 'tipping points' can be positive too – our report sets out how to engineer a domino effect of rapid changes

Dxcover Announces Updates to Executive Leadership Team

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Dxcover Limited , a clinical-stage diagnostics company pioneering Multi-Omic Spectral Analysis for early detection of multiple cancers, today announced updates to its executive management team.

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  • Dxcover Limited , a clinical-stage diagnostics company pioneering Multi-Omic Spectral Analysis for early detection of multiple cancers, today announced updates to its executive management team.
  • Dxcover’s Co-Founder Prof. Matthew Baker will transition from his role as Chief Technical Officer to Chief Executive Officer.
  • Another Co-Founder Dr David Palmer, who has been Chief Data Scientist since spin-out, has been named Chief Technical Officer.
  • “I want to express my deepest gratitude to Mark for his dedicated and unwavering leadership in the first phase of Dxcover’s story.

Glox Therapeutics Secures £4.3M Seed Funding to Develop Precision Antimicrobials Targeting Drug-resistant Bacteria

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Glox Therapeutics, a company pioneering the development of precision antibiotic therapies based on naturally occurring bacteriocins, today announced it has raised £4.3M in seed funding to develop effective targeted therapeutics against antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.

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  • Glox Therapeutics, a company pioneering the development of precision antibiotic therapies based on naturally occurring bacteriocins, today announced it has raised £4.3M in seed funding to develop effective targeted therapeutics against antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
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    Glox Therapeutics is developing precision antibiotics utilising engineered protein bacteriocins.
  • Leveraging the power of bacteriocins, Glox Therapeutics aims to advance the field of antimicrobial therapy by overcoming resistance to traditional antibiotics.
  • “This seed funding is testament to the promise of Glox Therapeutics’ precise antibiotic therapies, and we are thrilled to have the backing of such high-calibre investors.

'TO THINE OWN SELF': Bonny G Smith Announces the First Book of THE WARS OF THE ROSES SAGA

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Monday, October 16, 2023

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bonny G Smith's TO THINE OWN SELF is a historical fiction novel set in turbulent fifteenth century England. This fascinating novel is the first of two books in Ms. Smith's new WARS OF THE ROSES SAGA. This exciting new series tells the story of the dynastic conflict in England known as the Wars of the Roses. This blood-soaked, epic tale is the story of the thirty-year struggle for the English throne between the rival Plantagenet Houses of York and Lancaster. This is the story of the last Plantagenets, and how their three-hundred-year dynasty came to an end at the hands of the Tudors. This impressive new historical fiction series serves as the prequel to the four books of Ms. Smith's popular opus, THE TUDOR CHRONICLES, laying the foundation for the dawn of the Tudor Dynasty. TO THINE OWN SELF is peopled by a fascinating cast of characters, including kings and queens, princesses and peasants, commoners and courtiers, heroes and villains. This is a world dominated by loyalty and treachery, bloody battles and tense sieges, where life was lived against the backdrop of the one of the most captivating and colorful eras in history: The Middle Ages. 

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  • This fascinating novel is the first of two books in Ms. Smith's new WARS OF THE ROSES SAGA.
  • This exciting new series tells the story of the dynastic conflict in England known as the Wars of the Roses.
  • "Bonny G Smith creates superb fictionalized accounts of the lives of the fascinating men and women of the Medieval and Tudor eras.
  • – Dr. Steven Veerapen, PhD, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
    "For those who love the Tudor era, Bonny G Smith's novels are a must-read.

Azzur Group Appoints Senior Executive, Sarah Stevens, Ph.D., as President of Azzur Labs & Azzur Cleanrooms on Demand™

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

In this new role, Sarah is responsible for operations and strategy across all Azzur Labs and Azzur COD locations throughout the United States.

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  • In this new role, Sarah is responsible for operations and strategy across all Azzur Labs and Azzur COD locations throughout the United States.
  • "I'm thrilled to join the team at Azzur Group, and I look forward to working alongside the talented and innovative people that make Azzur Labs and Azzur Cleanrooms on Demand such unique businesses," said Sarah.
  • Sarah joins Azzur Group with 20 years of industry experience, serving most recently as the Senior Vice President, Head of Early Development, Quotient Sciences.
  • "I'm pleased to welcome Sarah Stevens as the new President of Azzur Labs and Azzur Cleanrooms on Demand," said Ryan Ott , Chief Operating Officer, of Azzur Group.

Mironid extends Series A round raising £35 million to date for development of first-in-class small molecules to treat life-threatening hereditary kidney disease

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The Company will use the proceeds to progress its lead discovery programme through IND-enabling studies and to extend its patent estate.

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  • The Company will use the proceeds to progress its lead discovery programme through IND-enabling studies and to extend its patent estate.
  • It affects over 12 million people worldwide, with 50% of patients developing kidney failure by the age of 60.
  • The disease is caused predominantly by mutations in the PKD1 or PKD2 gene and is characterized by uncontrolled growth of fluid-filled cysts in the kidney.
  • Robust in vitro and disease model data show significant efficacy across all disease endpoints, including a reduction in cyst number and kidney volume.

ZIXI LEADS SEVERAL IBC ACCELERATOR MEDIA INNOVATION USE CASES

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zixi, the industry leader for enabling cost-efficient and highly scalable live broadcast-quality video over any IP network or protocol, and the provider of the award-winning Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP®), today announced, after winning the 2022 IBC Accelerator Project of the Year Award, its participation in two more innovative projects for the 2023 edition to be featured at the forthcoming IBC 2023 show.

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  • IBC created the Accelerator program in 2019 to support the Media & Entertainment industry with a framework for agile, collaborative, and fast-track innovation with a unique multi-company project-based approach to solving complex media and entertainment business and technology challenges.
  • This year Zixi will be participating in two cutting-edge 2023 Accelerator Media Innovation projects for IBC 2023.
  • "The IBC Accelerator Media Innovation program is a fantastic platform for the industry to come together to solve media and entertainment business and technology challenges," said Chris Fellows, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, Zixi.
  • Zixi will be exhibiting at IBC 2023, with Singular.Live in the Zixi Partner Village demonstrating these Innovation use cases.