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Commentary: Choppy skies post-Brexit

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The United Kingdom officially leaves the European Union on Dec. 31 after an 11-month easing-out period. The final closing of the door, so to speak, on Brexit involved many preliminary steps. One of these was for the U.K. to establish a bilateral air service agreement with the United States. This open skies agreement was crafted in November 2018, finally signed by...

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[Watch] Mobile COVID-19 Test Lab Developed From Shipping Containers

  • Researchers from King’s have developed the first-ever shipping container lab for COVID-19 testing.
  • It features a mobile, low cost, scalable and open-source design.
  • COVID-19 testing lab inside a shipping container can process up to 2,400 tests per day.
  • It offers individuals online results within 5 hours using a QR-barcode unique identifier.
  • It requires one operator at a time as the team has used low-cost liquid handling robots.

Researchers from King’s have developed the first-ever shipping...

https://mfame.guru/watch-mobile-covid-19-test-lab-developed-from-shipping-containers/

AstraZeneca Rolls Out University of Oxford’s COVID-19 Vaccine

  • British drugmaker AstraZeneca has started manufacturing the University of Oxford’s potential coronavirus vaccine.
  • It is manufactured ahead of trial results and has doubled its capacity to two billion doses.
  • The company is not going to wait for clinical results, which is expected to have in August.
  • The vaccine will be available for people in the U.K. by September if the trial proves successful.
  • It has struck a $750 million agreement with health organizations backed by Gates and his wife Melinda.

https://mfame.guru/astrazeneca-rolls-out-university-of-oxfords-covid-19-vaccine/

USNI News Video: Britain’s Caribbean Naval Mission

A Mexifloat from RFA Mounts Bay on its way to Grand Tuck with Heavy Plant for use in the rebuild after the hurricane in 2017. UK Royal Navy Photo

ABOARD ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY SHIP MOUNTS BAY — One of three British Bay-class landing ships has spent nearly two years in the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea, both looking after British interests as well as finding ways to partner with the U.S. Navy.

RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) is a Bay-class auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD(A)) in the Royal Fleet...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/23/usni-news-video-britains-caribbean-naval-mission

U.K. Firm Claims it Found Famed U.S. Warship Bonhomme Richard; Experts Aren’t So Sure

John Paul Jones, USS Bonhomme Richard and a satellite image of the U.K.

A British raconteur says he found the wreckage of Capt. John Paul Jones’ flagship, USS Bonhomme Richard, but across the Atlantic historians and Navy officials aren’t as certain.

In November, a five-person team at Merlin Burrows, an English satellite imagery firm, announced they had pinpointed the wreck of Bonhomme Richard close to the Yorkshire shore.

Combining data from historical accounts of Bonhomme Richard’s Sept. 23,...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/29/u-k-firm-claims-found-famed-u-s-warship-bonhomme-richard-experts-arent-sure

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