Radio telescopes

Noema Pharma to Attend Investor Conferences in June and July 2021

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Monday, May 31, 2021
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BASEL, Switzerland, May 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noema Pharma (Noema) AG, a Swiss clinical-stage company targeting orphan neurological disorders, today announces it will attend several investor conferences during June and July.

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  • BASEL, Switzerland, May 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noema Pharma (Noema) AG, a Swiss clinical-stage company targeting orphan neurological disorders, today announces it will attend several investor conferences during June and July.
  • Jefferies Virtual Healthcare Conference , virtual, June 1-4, 2021
    Luigi Costa and George Garibaldi will meet with investors in one-on-one meetings from June 1 to June 3, 2021.
  • On Friday, June 4, Luigi Costa will present from 10:30 to 10:55 am CET / 4:30 to 4:55 am EST.
  • Noema Pharma was founded with the leading venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners.

ASC20-21 Finalists Will Search for Pulsars from FAST Data - World’s Largest Single Aperture Radio Telescope

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Monday, April 26, 2021
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28 teams, which qualified out of over 300 teams from universities all over the world, will face a challenging task - pulsar search.

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  • 28 teams, which qualified out of over 300 teams from universities all over the world, will face a challenging task - pulsar search.
  • They will use the open-source software, PRESTO (PulsaR Exploration and Search Toolkit), and real observational data gathered by FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope) to search for pulsar signals within the shortest time possible.
  • This task is supported by the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC).\nRadio telescopes are used to search for pulsars by detecting radiation emitted by pulsars.
  • FAST is the world's largest single-aperture and most sensitive radio telescope.

Algonquin Radio Observatory Co-Detects Source of Fast Radio Burst

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020
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The co-detection of this event, twenty thousand light years from Earth, is a remarkable achievement given the history of our 10 meter dish, said Brendan Quine, a co-author, Thoth CTO, and the director of ARO.

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  • The co-detection of this event, twenty thousand light years from Earth, is a remarkable achievement given the history of our 10 meter dish, said Brendan Quine, a co-author, Thoth CTO, and the director of ARO.
  • FRBs are extremely bright cosmic flashes, emitted from point sources in the galaxy that last only milliseconds and appear to repeat.
  • First discovered in 2007, their source has remained a mystery until now.
  • ARO and DRAO have done it again, said Caroline Roberts, President and CEO of Thoth, referring to the sites invention of Very Long Baseline Interferometry in 1967.

NASA Awards the Follow-on for the Very Long Baseline Interferometry Systems Contract

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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GREENBELT, Md., June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded the follow-on contract for the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Systems to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Haystack Observatory (MIT/HO), Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • GREENBELT, Md., June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded the follow-on contract for the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Systems to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Haystack Observatory (MIT/HO), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • This is a sole source, cost-no-fee completion-type contract, with a base value and four 1-year options totaling $14,824,588 and a period of performance from June 22 through June 21, 2025.
  • Under this contract the MIT/HO will provide the personnel, materials, facilities and equipment to support the continued enhancement and maintenance of NASA's VLBI stations, the processing of the data, and support for the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry and related services for the NASA Space Geodesy Project located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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China Matters Releases A Documentary Film on China's FAST Telescope

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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FAST, or the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, will be the main device to conduct the mission.

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  • FAST, or the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, will be the main device to conduct the mission.
  • Located in Guizhou Province, FAST is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, which can detect radio-waves from billions of light-years away.
  • So far as now, it has identified 114 new pulsars, released by the FAST Operation and Development Center of the National Astronomical Observatories of China.
  • This video, featuring the chief engineers of FAST, was produced by China Matters.

China Matters Releases A Documentary Film on China's FAST Telescope

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
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FAST, or the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, will be the main device to conduct the mission.

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  • FAST, or the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, will be the main device to conduct the mission.
  • Located in Guizhou Province, FAST is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, which can detect radio-waves from billions of light-years away.
  • So far as now, it has identified 114 new pulsars, released by the FAST Operation and Development Center of the National Astronomical Observatories of China.
  • This video, featuring the chief engineers of FAST, was produced by China Matters.

Bertin Energy & Environment Looking for Green Energy Supply Solutions for the Giant SKA Radio Telescope

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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Bertin Energy & Environment is supported by the French private sector research and assistance fund to study possible energy supply solutions for the South African part of this large radio telescope.

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  • Bertin Energy & Environment is supported by the French private sector research and assistance fund to study possible energy supply solutions for the South African part of this large radio telescope.
  • The company will thus offer SKAO and SARAO scenarios for an economical, reliable and environmentally friendly energy supply.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191015005621/en/
    Energy research SKA radio telescope - Bertin Energy Environment (Photo: Business Wire)
    SKA will soon be the largest radio telescope in the world, ultimately covering a total collector area of one square kilometer in the Karoo Desert in South Africa (SKA1-MID) and Murchison County in Australia (SKA1-LOW).
  • Bertin is studying the various resources available in the area concerned: photovoltaic and thermodynamic solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, hydrogen and biomass.

Injured Veterans Tour Giant Radio Telescopes with Wounded Warrior Project

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Friday, April 13, 2018
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MAGDALENA, N.M., April 13, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Wounded warriors and their guests toured the Very Large Array, a collection of astronomical radio observatories, with Wounded Warrior Project (WWP).

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  • MAGDALENA, N.M., April 13, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Wounded warriors and their guests toured the Very Large Array, a collection of astronomical radio observatories, with Wounded Warrior Project (WWP).
  • Warriors and guests connected as they got a behind-the-scenes look and learned more about the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's massive radio-antenna telescope system.
  • WWP program gatherings offer settings that provide opportunities for injured veterans to form bonds with one another and their communities.
  • Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) connects, serves, and empowers wounded warriors.