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Firefighters responded to a fully involved vacant house fire on Robson Street on Saturday, July 18, 2020. See more photos at the end of the story. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress) UPDATE w/ PHOTOS: Vacant house fire downtown Chilliwack Firefighters on the scene after 4:30 p.m. on Robson Street …

There is a lot of excitement around Nano One (TSX-V:NNO / NDQ:NNOMF) at the moment, thanks in large part to its recent announcement that the proprietary battery materials it is working on are demonstrating far more durability, when tested under laboratory conditions, than competitor solutions. Here we revisit some of Nano One’s core technologies in …

After purchasing $100,000 worth of Wi-Fi hotspots for students earlier this past spring, the Sharyland Independent School District will continue to offer tech support to students attending school from home. During the district’s upcoming school board meeting, trustees will vote on purchasing new Chromebooks for students to assist them in schoolwork. The meeting, set for …

Scientists and physicians with UC San Diego are partnering with in-vitro diagnostics manufacturers to ramp up testing for COVID-19 within two to three weeks, a team at UC San Diego Health and its School of Medicine announced Friday. Partnering with five in-vitro diagnostics manufacturers, UCSD’s Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM) said it is increasing …

The race is on to develop an immunization against COVID-19.  Dozens of companies and public labs around the world are working to develop a vaccine to prevent the spread of the flu-like virus. Over the last 48 hours, three biotech companies, in particular, have been thrust into the spotlight for their promise: BioNTech, CureVac and …

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., March 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Petroteq Energy Inc. (“Petroteq” or the “Company”) ‎‎(TSXV:PQE; ‎OTC:PQEFF; FSE:PQCF), an integrated oil ‎company focused on the development and implementation of its proprietary oil-‎extraction and remediation technologies, is pleased to announce progress on the licensing of its proprietary oil-sands extraction ‎technology. On July 2, 2019, the …

Getty I’m a big proponent of making time for things that matter. I like getting important things done. So much so, that my mantra is “make it so.” And my favorite office supply is a brick of Post-it® Notes upon which I write those things to do and then get an unreasonable amount of satisfaction …

UK synthetic biology company Evonetix raised €27M in Series B funding to develop its fast DNA synthesis technology and produce a working prototype of the company’s desktop platform.  New investor Foresite Capital, a US-based VC firm, led the round, although all the company’s earlier Series A investors, such as the tech-focused VC’s Draper Esprit and …

Lavay Moore, PCC, holds a set of Sonic Captivate 60 Minirite hearing aids Monday, Feb. 17, 2020.  Billy Hefton | Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. — Hearing aid technology is going through an ever-changing process, with advances happening as often as two or three times a year, according to local specialists. “Hearing aids are far …

They treat us when we’re sick, but now medical workers say they fear for their own health and safety after a rash of assaults at California hospitals. Employees working in healthcare are four times more likely to experience workplace violence than other private employees according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A recent …