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EC to begin self-driving bus trials in San Sebastian
2016-02-12 10:57:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The European Commission has announced that the northern Spanish city of San Sebastian has been chosen as the location for initial tests of the CityMobil2 self-driving bus. The trial will last for three months with the 12-person capacity electric bus connecting public transport with the business area of San Sebastian's Science and Technology Park. It will be the first time a self-driving bus has been tested with real passengers in Spain. The fleet of three vehicles will run 24 hours a day, offering free trips as well as free Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity to the 4,000 workers in the industrial park.
Trials of Ebola vaccines begin in Europe and Senegal
2015-07-15 14:49:01| Biotech - Topix.net
Two new Ebola vaccine trials began on Wednesday with volunteers in Britain, France and Senegal getting "prime-boost" immunisations developed by Bavarian Nordic, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson. The mid-stage, or Phase II, trials are designed primarily to test the vaccines' safety, but will also assess whether they provoke an immune response against the deadly virus.
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Human trials of HIV vaccine begin after partial success in monkeys
2015-07-06 03:44:35| Biotech - Topix.net
The success of an experimental vaccine trial with rhesus monkeys is motivating a pharmaceutical company to undertake experimental HIV vaccine tests in Thailand, East and South Africa, and the United States of America US, with 400 healthy participants taking part in the first phase of the trials. Scientists say the vaccine protected half of a batch of monkeys against the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, SIV, which is very similar to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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Further Meteor Firing Trials Begin For Typhoon
2014-12-11 04:35:45| rfglobalnet Home Page
A Typhoon aircraft has successfully completed the first in a series of live firings of the MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile. This continues the series of trials we lead to demonstrate integration of the Meteor missile with Typhoon's weapon system.
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RAN helicopters begin deck handling trials on HMAS Canberra
2014-12-02 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Royal Australian Navy helicopters have started the initial phase of deck handling trials on the newly commissioned HMAS Canberra, marking the beginning of the Naval Operational Test and Evaluation programme.
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